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as in imagination
the ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others
what sets apart geniuses like Thomas Edison and Ben Franklin from the average person is their keen intellect and restless imaginativeness
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as in creativeness
the skill and imagination to create new things
it took exceptional imaginativeness and tireless dedication to invent the airplane
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for imaginativeness
Noun
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Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this photo.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025 -
Teams like Providence, Villanova, Syracuse, BC (Boston College) and Saint John’s were good teams back then, but none of them were national players by any stretch of the imagination in the national landscape.—
Emile Nuh,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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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
Noun
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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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“Imaginativeness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imaginativeness. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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