INNOVATE Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

innovate

verb

ˈi-nə-ˌvāt

Definition of innovate

as in to establish

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of innovated a new system for filing books that dramatically improved efficiency in libraries

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Recent Examples of innovate The challenge itself is the one place that Survivor steadfastly refuses to innovate. — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026 The imperative to continue to innovate and scale climate technology feels more urgent to me every year. — Stéphane Germain, Fortune, 23 Sep. 2026 Yeti has consistently innovated this category, and the Hopper M20 is perfect for tailgates or traveling, and features a strip of ultra-strong magnets in the Magshield Access to keep cold securely locked in. — Red Fabbri, Travel + Leisure, 22 Sep. 2026 Chinese officials and some technology analysts have argued that distillation is not uncommon across the AI industry and is not the main explanation behind Chinese models’ improving capabilities and ability to innovate. — Chan Ho-Him, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for innovate

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Earlier this month, Ralph Lauren revealed a partnership with the Korea National Cancer Center Foundation to establish the Ralph Lauren Center for Patient and Family Recovery at the National Cancer Center of Korea in Goyang, South Korea.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026
The push is the strongest effort yet to establish federal rules for college athletics and regulate athlete compensation after years of negotiations and tumult.

— Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of establish

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The Housing First idea was pioneered by a New York nonprofit in the 1990s and has been at the heart of federal homelessness policy since 2013.

— Laura Ungar, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
Among them is the Wellcome Leap Quantum for Bio (Q4Bio) program, where Infleqtion pioneered and demonstrated on hardware a quantum neural network approach with training on GPU and inference on QPU for biomarker discovery.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of pioneer

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Superman and Batman might be one of the DC Universe’s most famous partnerships, but Robert Pattinson is officially ending speculation that his take on Bruce Wayne would fit in the cinematic world created by James Gunn.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
The Navy said the two organizations will create a direct feedback loop between the acquisition enterprise and operational forces.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of create

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French bishops have since introduced compensation and safeguarding measures, but survivors have continued to press Church leaders to demonstrate accountability.

— Joshua McElwee, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
One year ago, AI ‘actress’ Tilly Norwood blew up at the Zurich Summit when she was introduced to the industry.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of introduce

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Pakistani Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said in a statement Thursday that the strikes were carried out after eight drones were launched from Afghanistan and Afghan forces shelled Pakistani border posts.

— MUNIR AHMED, Arkansas Online, 26 Sep. 2026
The polarizing commercial, which launched ahead of that year’s NFL season kickoff, led to a boost in Nike’s stock and went on to win an Emmy.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of launch

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BlackRock, Carhartt, Ford and Google founded the Alliance in July — the same four companies represented on the panel.

— Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
The site is situated on the island of Lismore and is believed to have been founded by Saint Mo Luóc, an early Christian saint also known as Moluag.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of found

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Groton, West Haven, and Morris have instituted moratoriums on data center construction in their communities.

— Anna Zarra Aldrich, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Byrd and DeSantis each noted the many election law changes Florida has instituted since the infamous 2000 presidential election recount — where Palm Beach County’s butterfly ballots befuddled many voters in a razor-thin race.

— Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026

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