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innovator

[in-uh-vey-ter] / ˈɪn əˌveɪ tər /


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That was when Lee Ellen Drechsler, a top R&D executive, stood at a whiteboard with two of the company’s most accomplished scientists: paper-towel pioneer Paul Trokhan and dish-soap innovator Mark Sivik.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 22, 2026

“Monet was an innovator, with a new way of seeing,” Govan said, noting that Thater shared those traits.

From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026

“Everybody Loves the Sunshine” has been sampled nearly 200 times, and covered by everyone from R&B innovator D’Angelo to Brazilian singer-actor Seu Jorge.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Cook described Ternus as a "visionary" executive with "the mind of an engineer, the soul of an innovator and the heart to lead with integrity and honour".

From BBC • Apr. 20, 2026

In Europe, another innovator, Charles Babbage, born the son of a banker in 1791, was developing an early calculating machine at the time that Morse was refining and evangelizing the telegraph.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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