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innovator

[in-uh-vey-ter] / ˈɪn əˌveɪ tər /


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If innovation is such a collaborative process, then why has the myth of the lone innovator remained so persistent?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

The singer reflects on his journey from child star to R&B innovator, the success of ‘Mutt’ and why the art of live musicianship is necessary in the age of AI.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2026

Described as an "innovator" and someone going "straight to the top", the 41-year-old has impressed the Chelsea hierarchy working in the same structure that led to friction between them and his predecessor Enzo Maresca.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

His studios created some of the world's best-selling video games, and Zampella was considered an innovator in first-person military shooter style games.

From Barron's • Dec. 23, 2025

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