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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
What’s striking is how his ideas about American tech supremacy — freeing innovators from regulation and government intervention, among them — align with the firm’s mission.
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David Jeans, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the biggest critiques of this new fad is that its innovators can only do that, but the Queens rapper showed otherwise with a fluid flow and good punchlines.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Here is career advice for mid-career women from a few of the women leaders and innovators who were on Electric Ladies Podcast in 2024.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Seek out innovators in government.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
As business owners recognize the importance of looking after their employees, business innovators are constantly looking for more ways to make life easier, happier and healthier for their workers.
—John Graham Harper, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
See the innovators, watch a video.
—Mike Allen, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
Across the country—from Silicon Valley to Boston and beyond—tech startups and software innovators are making manufacturing smarter, faster, more sustainable and more sophisticated.
—Chris Turlica, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But shoppers, retailers and logistics providers aren’t taking the crimes lying down, and a new class of innovators is bringing technological solutions to the issue of porch piracy.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
David Jeans, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
One of the biggest critiques of this new fad is that its innovators can only do that, but the Queens rapper showed otherwise with a fluid flow and good punchlines.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Here is career advice for mid-career women from a few of the women leaders and innovators who were on Electric Ladies Podcast in 2024.
—Joan Michelson, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Seek out innovators in government.
—Robert B. Tucker, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
As business owners recognize the importance of looking after their employees, business innovators are constantly looking for more ways to make life easier, happier and healthier for their workers.
—John Graham Harper, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
See the innovators, watch a video.
—Mike Allen, Axios, 17 Dec. 2024
Across the country—from Silicon Valley to Boston and beyond—tech startups and software innovators are making manufacturing smarter, faster, more sustainable and more sophisticated.
—Chris Turlica, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
But shoppers, retailers and logistics providers aren’t taking the crimes lying down, and a new class of innovators is bringing technological solutions to the issue of porch piracy.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 11 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovators
Noun
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Patent grants exclusive rights to inventors for specific, novel inventions or processes.—
Tonya M. Evans,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
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In short, the future of American innovation doesn’t lie in protecting the status quo of Big Tech, but in empowering the next wave of entrepreneurs and inventors.—
Steve Forbes,
Forbes,
15 Dec. 2024
Noun
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After the fact, the creators had a group of non-NBA players of various heights stand in the same spots as the players and filmed them shooting hundreds of shots.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
24 Dec. 2024
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The message is perhaps a nod to the creators Hayden Schlossberg, Josh Heald, and Jon Hurwitz comments about wanting to keep the franchise going with more spinoffs.—
Jodi Guglielmi,
Rolling Stone,
24 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Additionally, fostering collaboration between AI developers and business strategists will be essential to align AGI capabilities with organizational goals.—
Douglas B. Laney,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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The responsible stakeholders may be regulatory bodies, AI developers or the organizations that deploy these systems.—
Cristian Randieri,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Innovators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovators. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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