innovated

past tense of innovate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of innovated But several states, including Vermont, New Mexico and Kentucky, have gone further and innovated on their own to shore up support for working parents and their young children. — Caitlyn Collins, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2026 Laika has been around for just over 20 years, and over the course of each film the studio has innovated to steadily push its craft forward. — Andrew Webster, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2026 And just last month, Adidas innovated with an extension of the Adidas Evo SL universe that now includes the Adidas Evo SL Laceless shoe, the seventh spinoff of the running shoe. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 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 Reflection is rare, particularly for an artist who has repeatedly innovated their sound. — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2026 As social media evolved, Kiffin innovated, without regret, as the sport’s biggest poster and provocateur. — Matt Baker, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Nvidia’s extraordinary rise, for example, cannot be explained simply by saying the company innovated. — Jeff Degraff, Fortune, 31 Aug. 2026 No one has innovated in the hairbrush category, and people are wanting more and no one's offering it. — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovated
Verb
  • The company has already pioneered the science of reusing first-stage rocket boosters with its Falcon rockets, saving the company untold millions of dollars.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2026
  • In 1969, Fannie Lou Hamer, a Black organizer, pioneered land cooperatives in Mississippi to usher in food sovereignty, aiming to curb her Black contemporaries’ increasing reliance on large, sprawling food production systems.
    — Jerel Ezell, STAT, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The beaches here are lined with colorful guesthouses and design-forward boutique stays like Jakes Hotel, a beloved family-run establishment founded by local artist Sally Henzell.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026
  • The law firm was founded by employment lawyer Kristen Prinz, whose business-side practice includes workplace trainings, investigations and audits, according to her firm’s website.
    — Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 13 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Namibia is a participant in the Kimberley Process, an international certification system established in 2003 to prevent rough diamonds from financing armed conflicts.
    — Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 12 Nov. 2026
  • However, the components have not yet been tested in orbit, and their long-term reliability under actual space conditions remains to be established.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • For Van Daalen, the award has also introduced Tapestry to people throughout Lakeville and surrounding communities who may not have known the business existed.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Witnesses and text messages introduced during trial placed Désir at meetings where the plot evolved from a plan to capture Moïse to killing him.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • The deal was initiated by Audrey Delaney, Marketing Executive at Dark Sky Films.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 12 Nov. 2026
  • His Charitable Trust, the portfolio used for the Investing Club, initiated a position in 2017, when its push into the data center and AI computing was still in its early days.
    — Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • So the committee created a clip library, and began to grow its group of unpaid influencers.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Then a group created to save the ship, the SS United States Conservancy, bought it in 2011.
    — Todd C. Frankel, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Russia launched 164 drones across Ukraine overnight into Sunday, 137 of which were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said that morning.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2026
  • Huang has promised to cooperate with the investigation his board has launched.
    — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 9 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Surcharges and strong demand Shippers including UPS, FedEx and USPS have all instituted holiday surcharges, with prices varying by package type and lasting through the end of the season.
    — Laya Neelakandan,Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The new policy is not the first on the issue of deputy subgroups that the sheriff has instituted.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2026

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“Innovated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovated. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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