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innovation

[in-uh-vay-shuhn] / ˌɪn əˈveɪ ʃən /


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Jordan, who joined the company as vice president of innovation, plans to push for more of it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

Oppenheimer analyst Kristen Owen wrote last month that Corteva recently “presented a solid standalone investment thesis built on the diversity and balance of its portfolio and innovation pipeline.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

"They really shut down their innovation on product. Someone jokingly said they were trying to turn Nike into eBay."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

The measure also calls for the new state fund to establish regulations that would allow it to recoup part of its investments while not damaging innovation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

The most striking innovation of the nineteenth century, as far as the language of science is concerned, was the introduction of the word ‘scientist’.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

Garcia at Ostirion agreed, saying that while innovations used to take decades to implement, "with AI and other robotic applications, everything is moving much faster".

From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026

The Harvard Office of Technology Development is actively pursuing patent protection and commercialization opportunities for the innovations arising from this research.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 12, 2026

Those interests achieved a one-year reprieve, but I suspect they won’t be able to hold off these innovations for long.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

Commercial-scale production will start at the end of 2026, but it has taken 10 years to get to this point – the very definition of the time and investment required for so-called Deep Tech innovations.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Parade's innovations, though, ought to be seen in the context of the times.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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