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inventive

[in-ven-tiv] / ɪnˈvɛn tɪv /


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In a news release published earlier this summer, the museum lauded Galliano as “one of the most inventive and influential designers of the past four decades.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Banhazl does pull off one of the few inventive psychedelic sequences I’ve seen in a while.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Return fuel is especially important, and this is where the plan becomes more inventive.

From Science Daily Aug. 7, 2026

He also is solo on the closer, “Amazing Grace,” taken in waltz time, a highly inventive finish.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 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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