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thought-provoking

Definition for thought-provoking

adjective as in stimulating

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Put simply, it feels like a classic “Alien” movie for the right reasons while lacking the thought-provoking and soulful weight of the best of them.

From Salon

The study, he said, was small and meant to be thought-provoking and encourage further research, not to support sweeping conclusions.

During the summer of 2023, my sister and I were watching “The Good Place,” a comedic, yet thought-provoking show about what happens when we die and where the stores only serve one thing: frozen yogurt.

From Salon

But it was in fact a breeding ground of artistic ferment, in which creatives grappled with what Elie calls crypto-religion, that “liminal space between belief and disbelief” that produced a wealth of thought-provoking popular art.

By plopping modern medicine on the exam table, O’Sullivan offers a thought-provoking challenge to our common assumptions about the importance of early and accurate diagnosis.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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