innovating

verb

present participle of innovate
as in establishing
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 innovating Part of that strategy is to connect with younger consumers, hence a recent partnership with 21-year-old livestreamer iShowSpeed along with innovating with menu items, branding, and store layout. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2026 Humans have been sleeping on some sort of mattress for 77,000 years, beginning with leaves and twigs, then innovating through other plant materials and animal hair, eventually reaching today’s many, many foam offerings. — Jaklin Romine oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 When the Innovators finished innovating, around ten, Slade considered how to get home. — Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Lauder is innovating not just with new products, but iterating existing hero products as well. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026 And keeping your brand’s reputation intact is still paramount, which makes innovating even more challenging. — John Abou, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026 But the team hopes to contribute to a larger effort in innovating agriculture. — Shannon Tyler, Idaho Statesman, 24 Sep. 2026 Not long after, in 1969, the government sued IBM for dominating the computer market by innovating too quickly. — Sen. Rand Paul Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026 Active defense Even with these hurdles, Cap_able’s Didero is determined to keep innovating. — IEEE Spectrum, 14 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovating
  1. establishing
  2. founding
  3. pioneering
  4. creating
  5. initiating
  6. introducing
  7. launching
Verb
  • While researchers at Stanford University have examined aspects of the work and provided feedback, wider scrutiny will be important in establishing whether the proof resolves the original conjecture.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The assurance profession has spent decades establishing standards for competency, independence and quality oversight across financial reporting, cybersecurity and privacy.
    — Avani Desai, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of establishing
Verb
  • Eric Groves is the CEO and co-founder of Alignable, a networking platform for small business owners, and was a founding executive at Constant Contact.
    — Eric Groves, Fortune, 7 Nov. 2026
  • The odd man out is founding guitarist Rich Williams, who still tours occasionally but has health issues.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of founding
Verb
  • The Center for Sacramento History has a fascinating amount of history, everything from the shovel of serial-killer landlady Dorothea Puente to the papers of pioneering civil rights attorney Nathaniel Colley.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • In brain-mapping studies that recalled Wilder Penfield’s pioneering work, his team steadily uncovered fundamental principles of how speech is represented by neural activity.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of pioneering
Verb
  • Trump choices could prove costly Republicans tried to buck historical precedent — a president’s party almost always loses seats during the midterms — with an aggressive redistricting effort aimed at creating a more favorable congressional map.
    — Jill Colvin, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2026
  • On the title track Chen reaches for the psaltery (a kind of zither without frets), creating a meandering, medieval atmosphere whose ubiquitous electronic background buzz foreshadows the biting screams and blistering bass to come.
    — James Gui, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of creating
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  • Joining Jovic in the frontcourt, Kusturica started in both scrimmages and has the body composition and athleticism to play both forward positions while also handling the ball and initiating the offense.
    — Connor Dullinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Legislators could begin the process of repealing the lock box by initiating a new amendment, but that wouldn’t go before voters until 2028.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiating
Verb
  • In 2012, New Balance celebrated 30 years of the 990 by introducing the 990v3 and quickly followed it up with the 990v4 in 2016.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Last Ditch received backlash after introducing mask-optional nights to help stay afloat, and has since been thrust into the national spotlight after a Boston Globe story about the bar went viral.
    — Tara Knight, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of introducing
Verb
  • However, instead of launching with separate tanks of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, the satellite carries a reservoir of liquid water.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The movie won awards at multiple American festivals after launching at Taormina in Italy.
    — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of launching

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