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ingenious

[in-jeen-yuhs] / ɪnˈdʒin yəs /


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Byrne, the ingenious Talking Heads co-founder, conceived the show and wrote the music and lyrics.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Supporters see the loans as an ingenious way to reconnect hospitals with the people they serve.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Mr. Polito thereby gives us a poet who isn’t “just a blazing, mercurial, ingenious reviser of his own words and melodies but also a conscious, sly, artist.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

The ingenious new twist changes the dynamic of the civilian series and marks the most significant format change since the show's launch in 2022.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2026

I thought it was quite ingenious of me to suggest sitting in on the chemistry course even after I'd changed over to Shakespeare.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath




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