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innovator

[in-uh-vay-ter] / ˈɪn əˌveɪ tər /


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But Hockney - the great innovator - just went back to painting.

From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026

It’s Miles Davis’ centennial, and fellow musicians discuss how the shapeshifting innovator transformed music over and over again and became more than a jazz legend.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026

Once known more as a technology copycat than as an innovator, China now offers returnees a chance to work in cutting-edge industries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

The future of Apple is being entrusted to a company veteran said to combine hardware brilliance with "the soul of an innovator."

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

New York City was a clear innovator in police strategies during the 1990s crime drop, and it also enjoyed the greatest decline in crime of any large American city.

From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt

So AI users using the technology to work more efficiently become more valuable to them than the actual innovators, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

Yamal suggested his move to Adidas gave him the chance to stand out from Nike's star-studded roster, while Mbappé said On would see him "surrounded by innovators who dream of the same things I do".

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

This, though, isn’t a good guide to AI, where some of the most aggressive innovators are also loud proponents of oversight.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

It also aims to help build a broader bioengineered, silicon-based materials ecosystem by connecting researchers, industry partners, policymakers, educators, and future innovators across multiple disciplines and sectors.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

As we see time and again, cutting-edge innovators like those of Beethoven’s youth were composers whose names are now mosdy forgotten: Johann Dussek, Louis Spohr, Muzio Clementi, Etienne Mehul, Fran^ois-Joseph Gossec .

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall


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