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
Although both technologies have generated headlines, attracted billions in investment, and prompted debates around consumer protection and national security, the federal government’s approach to oversight of these innovations has diverged in a substantial way.
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Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
NellaSpec is likely the first of many innovations on the horizon.
—Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 5 June 2026
And so the question is going to be, like, in Democratic campaigns, traditionally, the primary sort of drives innovation, right?
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
That speaks to the latest spark of innovation, care, and commitment that’s spread across the local food scene, where unprecedented times call for all hands (and knives and pans) on deck.
—Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2026
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Sean Stein Smith, Forbes.com, 6 June 2026
NellaSpec is likely the first of many innovations on the horizon.
—Wendy Naugle, USA Today, 5 June 2026
And so the question is going to be, like, in Democratic campaigns, traditionally, the primary sort of drives innovation, right?
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026
That speaks to the latest spark of innovation, care, and commitment that’s spread across the local food scene, where unprecedented times call for all hands (and knives and pans) on deck.
—Jessi Roti, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for innovation
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovation
Noun
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The Brooklynite was an invention of the bar at the Stork Club, the most famous nightclub in New York.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
6 June 2026
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For the unfamiliar, jibaritos are a Chicago invention deeply tied to the city's Puerto Rican population, and here, Irizarry and friends fry plantains to a tostone-perfection.—
Jessi Roti,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 June 2026
Noun
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This land has long been revered as the home of Pele, the goddess of creation and destruction.—
Alia Beard Rau,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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If the act of reading a story is the coming together of reader and writer, the creation of a delicate channel between subjectivities, what happens to that provisional bond when our proxy is knocked off?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 June 2026
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“Innovation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovation. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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