as in inspiring
causing people to want to do or create something; giving inspiration
an inspirational speaker Her courage is inspirational.
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Adjective
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The ability to inspire, motivate, and move with conviction is essential and inspiring.—
Teresa Hopke,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025 -
Virginia contains mountains, vineyards, small towns, luxury hotels, artistic hubs, and some of the most inspiring culinary scenes on the East Coast.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
12 July 2025
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The All-American scored nine goals and added eight assists while registering an impressive 80-percent faceoff winning percentage.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
7 July 2025
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Banchero and Wagner don’t want to merely record impressive scoring marks.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 July 2025
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Replace apprehension with an exciting conversation about what’s possible, and then invest in training and skills development to help your talent thrive in the new AI era.—
Ronald Alepian,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Known then and today by the nickname El Greco, his idiosyncratic painting (which appears to draw some on Byzantine traditions) still seems fresh and exciting.—
Jim Higgins,
jsonline.com,
15 July 2025
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These songs were birthed before social media algorithms shaped the direction of popular music, when singles and their accompanying videos had less winks, less meta commentary, less need to be provocative.—
Clarence A. Haynes
July 3,
Literary Hub,
3 July 2025
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The film is provocative, if gently so, in suggesting to consider how a radical was made, and that mistreatment and bias in the West can be a contributing factor.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
1 July 2025
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“Inspirational.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inspirational. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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