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as in creativeness
the skill and imagination to create new things
the arts and crafts fair showed the remarkable creativity of local artists and artisans
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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
while his imaginary friend is a little annoying, you have to admire his creativity in thinking her up
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Recent Examples of creativity
In other parts of Just Beyond the Light, Blythe uses a stay at the Chelsea Hotel in New York to ruminate on songwriting and other forms of creativity, while the chapter before laments the epidemic of school shootings in the United States and the lack of effective measures to prevent them.
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Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025
It’s been the core of her creativity as a designer.
—Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 19 Feb. 2025
On top of being back in your element, Pisces season shines a light on your festive fifth house of creativity, romance, passion and self-expression.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
And that his recent absence coincided with Bayern's recent absence of creativity.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Gary Graff, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2025
It’s been the core of her creativity as a designer.
—Ugonnaora Owoh, Essence, 19 Feb. 2025
On top of being back in your element, Pisces season shines a light on your festive fifth house of creativity, romance, passion and self-expression.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 18 Feb. 2025
And that his recent absence coincided with Bayern's recent absence of creativity.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 18 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for creativity
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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
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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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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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“Creativity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creativity. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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