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ingenuity

[in-juh-noo-i-tee, -nyoo-] / ˌɪn dʒəˈnu ɪ ti, -ˈnju- /


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It is using drones, missiles, commercial communications technology, intelligence networks, special operations, software adaptation and operational ingenuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 7, 2026

My recitation about the environmental ingenuity of enslaved people in the Underground Railroad was clearly jarring to many in the audience, perhaps even hostile to their understanding of Blackness.

From Salon • Jun. 19, 2026

“RUM exists to build the future where that ingenuity wins, and to make sure it belongs to the dreamers and the doers,” said CEO Chris Pavlovski.

From Barron's • Jun. 18, 2026

"Your imagination and ingenuity have inspired me for the last 15 years and I'm deeply grateful to have been on this journey with you."

From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026

But they directed their ingenuity toward technological problems appropriate to their situations: the problems of surviving without any imported items in the New Guinea jungle, rather than the problem of inventing phonographs.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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