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ingenuity

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


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And it isn’t the product of Silicon Valley ingenuity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

Outside of this problem, I have no doubt you will put your ingenuity to good use.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 23, 2026

"The American story is filled with innovation and ingenuity, perseverance and prejudice. Tensions that have fuelled some of the most extraordinary artistic achievements in history."

From BBC • Mar. 11, 2026

In medicine, as elsewhere, AI technology has been shown to be useful to take over automatable tasks from humans, but not in situations requiring human ingenuity or creativity — or precision.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

To bring up all those differences isn’t to claim that widely distributed crops are admirable, or that they testify to the superior ingenuity of early Eurasian farmers.

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