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 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 The glory days of popular nameplates like the Lancer Evolution, Galant and Eclipse may have come and gone, but the Japanese automaker isn't done innovating. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 But, obviously, marching band and first-line directors have been dealing with these issues since time memorial, so Byrne is innovating as part of a fine tradition. — Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2026 Cook achieved this incredible value creation by innovating and protecting the iPhone business, building a services juggernaut, and putting wearables like the Apple Watch and AirPods on the map. — Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovating
  1. establishing
  2. founding
  3. pioneering
  4. creating
  5. initiating
  6. introducing
  7. launching
Verb
  • Without first establishing a network of plausible deniability?
    — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
  • However, the Georgia program remains an important step in establishing how the technology will work within real railway operations.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of establishing
Verb
  • Tom Hastings, the founding director of PeaceVoice, said the organization beefed up its existing no-AI policy after OpenAI contacted him.
    — Miriam Waldvogel, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • In 2024, the group’s founding four musicians — guitarist Blake Ibanez, guitarist Nick Stewart, bassist Chris Whetzel, and drummer Chris Ulsh — confirmed plans to reunite, enlisting singer Seth Gilmore for a series of live shows that year.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of founding
Verb
  • Dawn Porter is set to direct a feature documentary on pioneering Black TV news anchor Max Robinson for Wise Child Studios.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The girls of summer Women's pro baseball has been largely inactive in this country since the pioneering All-American Girls Professional Baseball League folded 72 years ago.
    — David Morgan, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of pioneering
Verb
  • Concierge specials such as creating your own gin at a nearby Palma distillery or watching espadrilles being made in Palma’s Olivar market are original diversions.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Those that don’t risk creating fleets of intelligent systems capable of making very expensive and detrimental mistakes.
    — Tony Grout, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of creating
Verb
  • The Vatican typically allows criminal investigations to play out before initiating canonical trials so as not to interfere, and that is especially so now in Australia, after the church's wretched legacy there of abuse and cover-up.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Wagner missed all of his three 3-point attempts but did a little bit of everything on both ends of the floor while initiating Orlando’s offense often.
    — Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of initiating
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  • The sales company is introducing the title to buyers at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
    — Ophélie Surcouf, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Any designer will tell you that the change needn’t be drastic; something as simple as upgrading your bed linens or introducing a new lamp can make all the difference.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of introducing
Verb
  • Tom Ford was among the early brands to scale the luxury fragrance segment, launching in China in 2015, for instance.
    — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Ossoff demands Collins account for Iran war Discussion about tariffs and trade at Georgia's ports became a launching point for Ossoff to mention the war with Iran.
    — AJC.com, AJC.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of launching

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“Innovating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovating. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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