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as in innovative
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
inventive electronic games inventive ways to use leftovers
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as in creative
having the skill and imagination to create new things
an inventive youth, he devised an automatic feeding system for his dog
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Recent Examples of inventive
The bar program leans local, too, with inventive cocktails and a wine list that focuses on Virginia labels.
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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
That’s not to say this inventive dessert doesn’t have a place in the world.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Paul Trillo, a director known for his inventive, technically experimental work, joined as a strategic partner and has already helped shape Asteria’s hybrid-animation pipeline, which draws on traditional filmmaking and AI techniques.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 4 June 2025
What gets lost in this inventive production are the human relationships that could give it more heart.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 8 June 2025
That’s not to say this inventive dessert doesn’t have a place in the world.
—Kaitlyn Rosati, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
Paul Trillo, a director known for his inventive, technically experimental work, joined as a strategic partner and has already helped shape Asteria’s hybrid-animation pipeline, which draws on traditional filmmaking and AI techniques.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 4 June 2025
What gets lost in this inventive production are the human relationships that could give it more heart.
—Emily McClanathan, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inventive
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This analysis of an innovative AI breakthrough is part of my ongoing Forbes column coverage on the latest in AI, including identifying and explaining various impactful AI complexities (see the link here).—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
8 June 2025
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The big shift occurred when SpaceX put considerable money and effort into perfecting an innovative system to soft-land the rocket's booster stage for refurbishment and reuse.—
Scott Neuman,
NPR,
7 June 2025
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The result was a team that successfully blocked the hosts almost all of the match but also failed to be creative and aggressive in offense, a flaw also under Ancelotti’s predecessors.—
Mauricio Savarese,
Baltimore Sun,
6 June 2025
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Sanlorenzo Arts–a creative hub dedicated to the artistic and cultural initiatives of luxury yacht pioneers Sanlorenzo–has been unveiled in Venice during the inaugural Venice Climate Week (3-8 June, 2025), as the lagoon city presents la Biennale di Architettura.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Lent by the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Bronze Age vessels for food and wine and imaginative animal sculptures are on view for the first time in New York through July 13.—
Jane Levere,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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In recent years, other artists have released similarly imaginative rerecordings.—
Tyler Foggatt,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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The argument that Trump has violated the 10th Amendment is a clever subversion of a line of thinking that has traditionally been backed by conservative judges, said Erwin Chemerinsky, the dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law.—
Laura J. Nelson,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2025
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That dish is clever, for sure, but it’s served in an oddly gargantuan portion, and its playful clash of textures and temperatures wears out its welcome after a bite or two.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
8 June 2025
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“Inventive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inventive. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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