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as in innovative
having the skill and imagination to create new things
Thomas Edison's status as perhaps America's greatest creative genius
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as in imaginative
showing a noteworthy use of the imagination and creativity especially in inventing
always coming up with creative ways to use hamburger
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a creative genius
an artistic genius
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The Gov’t Mule guitarist had a special creative bond with Lesh, playing with him for years onstage for Lesh’s projects Phil Lesh and Friends and the Grateful Dead offshoot The Dead.
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Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
Anne Hathaway has many talents: acting, singing and crafting a creative Halloween costume!
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
The Cool Patch maze, which rises from the flatlands near Interstate 80 just before the Sacramento Valley rolls up into the Vaca Mountains, got ever larger and more creative.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Chakra fears the ongoing pressures could destroy one of the most traditionally creative, liberal and politically daring film and TV cultures in the Middle East, where writers and directors regularly used to pushed boundaries.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
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Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2024
Anne Hathaway has many talents: acting, singing and crafting a creative Halloween costume!
—Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 26 Oct. 2024
The Cool Patch maze, which rises from the flatlands near Interstate 80 just before the Sacramento Valley rolls up into the Vaca Mountains, got ever larger and more creative.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Chakra fears the ongoing pressures could destroy one of the most traditionally creative, liberal and politically daring film and TV cultures in the Middle East, where writers and directors regularly used to pushed boundaries.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Creative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creative. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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