ingenious
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Despite garnering an Oscar nomination for Streep and an ingenious bit at that year’s ceremony, “The Devil Wears Prada” didn’t have the immediate cultural cache of something like its equally memeable predecessor, “Mean Girls.”
From Salon • Apr. 20, 2026
Mr. Polito thereby gives us a poet who isn’t “just a blazing, mercurial, ingenious reviser of his own words and melodies but also a conscious, sly, artist.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
But, Melendez-Badillo says, he's also a colonial subject -- a reality explored on "Debi Tirar Mas Fotos," which features an ingenious melange of traditional sounds including salsa, bomba and plena, with infusions of reggaeton.
From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026
Sociopaths like Iago may be an empty shell of evil, but they can also be ingenious manipulators.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2026
“That’s a very ingenious explanation. But I suppose we’ll soon discover the true reason.”
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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