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as in creativity
the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others
a cartoonist needs a fertile imagination in order to create interesting cartoons on demand
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as in creativeness
the skill and imagination to create new things
she lacks the imagination to be anything but an imitator of other directors' cinematic styles
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Recent Examples of imagination
Pisces personality, traits Pisces are characterized by their creativity and imagination, Walker says.
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Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
But imaginations were most captured in season 1 when the ambitious blueprints for this multigenerational family saga were first laid out on the kitchen table.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Marcello Mio is a correction of Ma Mère and rescues faith, desire, and imagination.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Feb. 2025
Use your imagination Smell – Scents trigger memory and desire.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Feb. 2025
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Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2025
But imaginations were most captured in season 1 when the ambitious blueprints for this multigenerational family saga were first laid out on the kitchen table.
—EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
Marcello Mio is a correction of Ma Mère and rescues faith, desire, and imagination.
—Armond White, National Review, 14 Feb. 2025
Use your imagination Smell – Scents trigger memory and desire.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 14 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for imagination
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imagination
Noun
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Gondry expands his eclectic filmography with this rejuvenating fantasia, revealing another facet of his creativity (and confessing a certain compulsion; when Maya declines to provide a title for a next short, his reaction is priceless).—
Sheri Linden,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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The latitude for this sort of quirk and creativity has only proven a recent possibility for many chefs.—
Elazar Sontag,
Bon Appétit,
20 Feb. 2025
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That persistence, fitness, ball-domination and ingenuity have Leeds on course for more than 100 points and 96 goals scored at their current trajectory.—
Beren Cross,
The Athletic,
25 Feb. 2025
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Being a Southern surfer requires a bit more patience and ingenuity than is expected of athletes who live in West Coast locales like California and Hawaii.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
20 Feb. 2025
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Continuing its tradition of highlighting dynamic emerging talent, GloRilla, fresh off the success of her album Glorious, will bring her high-energy to Philadelphia.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
17 Feb. 2025
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Keep all of the best goodies off limits, on the other hand, and the Leafs will be limited to acquiring the same kind of marginal talent — third- and fourth-liners, third-pairing defencemen — as last spring.—
Jonas Siegel,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Imagination.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imagination. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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