inspiration
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The piece takes inspiration from Chinese fretwork patterns, Art Noveau designs and German sculptor Hugo Leven’s iconic pewter bat candelabras.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
Artemis II is an inspiration, 40 years after we were traumatized by the Challenger disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
In 2016, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, taking inspiration and personnel from Barack Obama’s two election wins, was a data-heavy enterprise that relied on analytics — and, famously, an algorithm named Ada.
From Salon • Apr. 13, 2026
A love of space begun when he was a boy, and he cited the 1969 Moon landing as an inspiration.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Because there were so few Muslim women on the professional sports circuit, I was an inspiration for a lot of people, especially as the first professional athlete from the United States who also wears hijab.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
Vocabulary lists containing inspiration
An Inspirational Back-to-School Word List
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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