inventive

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But perhaps it’s a mistake to ask for more from the endlessly inventive Ms. Semple.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

Will Self burst onto the literary scene in 1991 with a collection of inventive and excessive short stories that was titled “The Quantity Theory of Insanity.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The story itself is relatively easy to follow: a heroine travels through different realms in an effort to restore balance, all while audiences are treated to impressive choreography, elaborate costumes and inventive stage effects.

From Salon • Mar. 7, 2026

After the cyclotron, Lawrence would not receive another patent until wartime, when federal officials demanded that his inventive process for uranium separation be protected legally—and the patent rights be assigned permanently to the government.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik