as in creativity
the skill and imagination to create new things
the mystery writer's exceptional ingenuity enabled her to devise plots that always had readers guessing to the very end
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Recent Examples of ingenuity
Perry, an Atlantic contributing writer and a National Book Award–winning author, fills her latest work with accounts of ingenuity and Black resilience that are held together, loosely but intentionally, with threads of cerulean, sapphire, and azure.
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Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Again, this is where ingenuity comes in and pays off.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025
Both genres exemplified – and continue to exemplify – the ingenuity of predominantly Black and Hispanic communities who turned limited resources into cultural revolutions.
—Joycelyn Wilson, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
That's taken hard work, that's taken commitment, that's taken innovation and ingenuity, all of those things.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ingenuity
Omari Weekes, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2025
Again, this is where ingenuity comes in and pays off.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2025
Both genres exemplified – and continue to exemplify – the ingenuity of predominantly Black and Hispanic communities who turned limited resources into cultural revolutions.
—Joycelyn Wilson, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
That's taken hard work, that's taken commitment, that's taken innovation and ingenuity, all of those things.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 29 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ingenuity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ingenuity
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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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This quickly sparked imagination about the technology's broader possibilities.—
Eilon Reshef,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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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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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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“Ingenuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ingenuity. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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