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inventive

[in-ven-tiv] / ɪnˈvɛn tɪv /


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Bernard Suits, a philosopher who focused on sports, disagreed, and he drew on Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper in his inventive rebuttal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Archaeologists working at an ancient site in central China have uncovered evidence that early humans may have become more inventive while living through a brutal ice age.

From Science Daily • May 9, 2026

It’s inventive, creative, imaginative without rules — the way artwork perhaps used to be in the middle ’80s.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

It’s rich, layered, and more inventive than the usual.

From Salon • Mar. 31, 2026

Dad had the more inventive vocabulary, but Grandma Smith could outshout him; plus, she had the home-court advantage.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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