inspiration
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Artemis II is an inspiration, 40 years after we were traumatized by the Challenger disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
He talks about Dean as this inspiration and visionary guy but he also just says, “I’m going to call B.S. on all the spiritual, mystical stuff.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 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
The brand became popular for its unique fragrances that took inspiration from British nature.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
After all, Montaigne never gave an example of heavenly inspiration, of divine intervention, without hedging it about with doubts and difficulties.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing inspiration
An Inspirational Back-to-School Word List
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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