inventive
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Some of Ms. Jensen’s pizzas are traditional—plain tomato, Margherita and three-cheese—while others are more inventive.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
Indeed, his playing is as supple and inventive as ever.
From Salon • May 12, 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
They were impressed by Humeau's cinematic exhibition and its "engagement with ecological and existential themes through inventive forms, speculative scenarios and dynamic shifts in scale".
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
Pulcinella is sparklingly inventive with its source material but it is nevertheless the musical equivalent of placing the Art Deco spire of Manhattan's Chrysler Building on top of Christopher Wren's Greenwich Hospital.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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