inspiration
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Local architects Cynthia Sigler and Alex Athenson took inspiration from early 20th century Sears catalogs that sold homes as kits when they founded the nonprofit last year.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 18, 2026
Artemis II is an inspiration, 40 years after we were traumatized by the Challenger disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
It's a balance she hopes to strike in some of the UK's biggest indoor venues later this year, citing Lady Gaga as an "amazing" inspiration.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 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
In Mr. Burns’s case, inspiration struck the poet soon after his plow struck the nest of a “wee beastie,” which is to say, a small field mouse, and tore it all to pieces.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
Vocabulary lists containing inspiration
An Inspirational Back-to-School Word List
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The Ingenious Lexicon of Invention
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Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life
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