as in invention
something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination
the computer is one innovation that revolutionized the business world
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Recent Examples of innovation
Besides offering up financing, Ontario Creates is charged with driving innovation and collaboration across the homegrown film, TV, interactive digital media, music and book publishing sectors.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
The remaining five are non-charter IPS innovation schools.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
And, just as the era of the showgirl might be seen as an innovation in women’s economic agency, Swift is, once again, bringing innovation to the entertainment industry in real time.
—Misty L. Heggeness, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Other prerequisites include creating a skilled youth workforce with appropriate investments in education, creating incentives for scientific innovation and the commercialization of its products, and reviewing property rights.
—Kingsley Moghalu, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for innovation
Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
The remaining five are non-charter IPS innovation schools.
—Caroline Beck, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
And, just as the era of the showgirl might be seen as an innovation in women’s economic agency, Swift is, once again, bringing innovation to the entertainment industry in real time.
—Misty L. Heggeness, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
Other prerequisites include creating a skilled youth workforce with appropriate investments in education, creating incentives for scientific innovation and the commercialization of its products, and reviewing property rights.
—Kingsley Moghalu, semafor.com, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovation
Noun
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The Nobel Prizes were established through the will of Alfred Nobel, who amassed a fortune from his invention of dynamite.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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Gein also used knives and not a chainsaw for his actual crimes; the introduction of the chainsaw in Texas Chain Saw Massacre was purely an invention for the film.—
JR Radcliffe,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Oct. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Innovation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovation. Accessed 11 Oct. 2025.
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