innovators

noun

plural of innovator
as in inventors
one who creates or introduces something new thank goodness for the innovator who thought up the remote control

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Recent Examples of innovators Like the railroads, like the oil business, the Silicon Valley creators and innovators began as hoodie-wearing outsider heroes. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026 Some South Chicago schools are training students to become the next generation of scientists, engineers, and quantum innovators, while connecting them to quantum opportunities and local jobs. — Tara Molina, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 As the skills required across manufacturing and technology change, workers will need more accessible pathways into new careers — and young people will need earlier opportunities to see themselves as innovators and problem-solvers. — Paul Cho, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026 Chinese companies adapted foreign technologies and eventually became innovators in their own right. — Keyu Jin, Time, 23 Oct. 2026 The challenge now is for brands to make this business case in time for innovators to survive, says American Circular Textiles founder Rachel van Metre Kibbe. — Bella Webb, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026 Repertory from innovators such as Israeli-American Ohad Naharin and Sweden’s Mats Ek left a lasting impact. — Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026 Swindell helped establish the South Florida Marine Research Hub, bringing university researchers, businesses, and innovators together around opportunities in the ocean economy. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 Morales, who has spoken publicly about her family’s experience with Alzheimer’s disease and the importance of awareness about it, joins a lineup of experts, advocates and innovators for the one-day event. — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovators
  1. inventors
  2. designers
  3. creators
  4. developers
Noun
  • There are multiple weddings, a party at a dance hall, a parade, an inventors’ convention, the dedication of a national monument, and, yes, a presidential visit.
    — Brent Lang, IndieWire, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Strong intellectual property protections give authors and inventors the ability to turn their ideas into assets, their assets into competitive businesses, and their businesses into new jobs.
    — Coke Morgan Stewart, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of inventors
Noun
  • To avoid the failures of past wealth taxes, Prop 40's designers have tried to plug potential leaks.
    — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Manufacturers need processes that work reliably at industrial scale, while brands and designers expect specific visual results.
    — Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026
Definition of designers
Noun
  • While reports are published regularly about diversity among actors and creators, there’s much less data about crews.
    — Senior Television, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Through its revenue-sharing model, creators are directly rewarded for their work.
    — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 10 Nov. 2026
Definition of creators
Noun
  • Ultimately, the socialist vision of more investment in public housing and greater regulation of private housing can be compatible with developers building more private housing, Sunkara argued.
    — Jenny Jarvie Follow, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Marco Gonzalez, an attorney representing the developers, said Western National believes the city has been regularly creating new roadblocks to keep the project from proceeding.
    — Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of developers

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