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wellspring

[wel-spring] / ˈwɛlˌsprɪŋ /


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Certainly there is a wry truth to Picasso’s opinion on artistic progress writ large, yet Ms. Chan is also persuasive in saying that new creativity springs from the same ancient wellspring Picasso was talking about.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

"Make no mistake, Erivo remains a powerhouse, with pipes that shake the heavens and a wellspring of unforced emotional intensity that never runs dry."

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

Angela’s vivid mood swings are a wellspring of entertainment; Tommy associates her phone number with an orchestral ringtone that sounds like a horror movie jump scare.

From Salon Nov. 16, 2025

The 18th-century cult of reason met its match in the 19th century’s devotion to feeling—including suffering—as the wellspring of life and truth.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 27, 2025

Hamilton was, after George Washington, the most powerful figure in the Federalist party and, his advocates would have added, the intellectual wellspring for all the political energy that Washington merely symbolized.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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