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
Across large organizations, innovation is now formalized.
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Big Think, 20 Mar. 2026
The administration outlined six objectives for Congress intended to balance rapid innovation with public trust, from data centers to government censorship.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
Google has completed a major effort to restore and reutilize Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield, a project that could transform the landmark into a future hub for innovation and technology.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Large drug companies may pivot to tried-and-true products rather than risky innovations, or take their investments in lifesaving treatments elsewhere.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
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Big Think, 20 Mar. 2026
The administration outlined six objectives for Congress intended to balance rapid innovation with public trust, from data centers to government censorship.
—Hadas Gold, CNN Money, 20 Mar. 2026
Google has completed a major effort to restore and reutilize Hangar One at Moffett Federal Airfield, a project that could transform the landmark into a future hub for innovation and technology.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2026
Large drug companies may pivot to tried-and-true products rather than risky innovations, or take their investments in lifesaving treatments elsewhere.
—Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovation
Noun
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Even if younger postmodern artists who use the same materials as Elaine Reichek—cloth, thread—to make work that involves stitching and the like don’t know it, the eighty-two-year-old artist is the mother of their invention.—
Hilton Als,
New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2026
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As the story goes, fresh off university and broke in 1996, Ralph Anderl, alongside friends Philipp Haffmans and Harald Gottschling, masterminded the screwless invention, decided to apply it to stainless-steel eyewear and wore some prototype pairs to a gallery event in Berlin.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
20 Mar. 2026
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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,
17 Mar. 2026
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What began as an aspirational fantasy soon transformed into something far larger, the creation of a movement.—
Elisa Bocanegra,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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“Innovation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovation. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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