imaginative
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A single definition sends her into a spiral over such terms as “average coral” and “sea pink,” while elsewhere imaginative riffs and historical detours pull the reader well beyond the book’s central thread.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
“Bluey” works because it’s charmed children and grown-ups alike, emphasizing imaginative parenting skills as much as it does Bluey’s playful spirit.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 22, 2026
That’s not a very imaginative assessment of what’s happening.
From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026
"When they're very young they're so curious and they're imaginative and they want to try things."
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
This imaginative but impractical form of early notation, attributed to a ninth-century French monk called Hucbald, had the words rise and fall according to the shape of the tune.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
Vocabulary lists containing imaginative
TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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Literary Terms, Part I
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Writing - Middle School
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