as in inventor
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 innovator
Now’s the time to launch regulatory sandboxes across the country that allow innovators to deploy tools subject to close monitoring from the relevant state or federal actors.
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Kevin Frazier, Fortune, 13 May 2026
This conversation brings together innovators reshaping how independent films find their audiences, from community screening platforms and arthouse networks to direct acquisition models.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
From pioneers, leaders, and titans to artists, innovators, and icons, introducing the 2026 TIME100.
—Time, 12 May 2026
This past weekend, however, that same style buzz was injected into one of Santa Fe’s slower months—bringing together a unique crowd of Indigenous trailblazers and innovators that instantly livened up the city.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 May 2026
The Watermen’s Plaza pays homage to wave riders, artists, innovators and athletes who have made an impact on the surf scene in Dana Point and beyond.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
On June 4, the Inflection Point Healthcare Summit will bring together our federal and state policymakers, top innovators and leaders from our healthcare institutions.
—Chris Brandt, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2026
Stevie Wonder may be the greater innovator.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Spoelstra traveled out west and talked to then-Oregon football coach Chip Kelly, an offensive innovator, before introducing position-less basketball to the Miami Heat.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Kevin Frazier, Fortune, 13 May 2026
This conversation brings together innovators reshaping how independent films find their audiences, from community screening platforms and arthouse networks to direct acquisition models.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
From pioneers, leaders, and titans to artists, innovators, and icons, introducing the 2026 TIME100.
—Time, 12 May 2026
This past weekend, however, that same style buzz was injected into one of Santa Fe’s slower months—bringing together a unique crowd of Indigenous trailblazers and innovators that instantly livened up the city.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 May 2026
The Watermen’s Plaza pays homage to wave riders, artists, innovators and athletes who have made an impact on the surf scene in Dana Point and beyond.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 7 May 2026
On June 4, the Inflection Point Healthcare Summit will bring together our federal and state policymakers, top innovators and leaders from our healthcare institutions.
—Chris Brandt, Baltimore Sun, 28 Apr. 2026
Stevie Wonder may be the greater innovator.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Spoelstra traveled out west and talked to then-Oregon football coach Chip Kelly, an offensive innovator, before introducing position-less basketball to the Miami Heat.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovator
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Despite the proximity, the space rock poses no danger, according to Richard Binzel, a professor of planetary sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the inventor of the Torino Scale, a tool for categorizing potential collisions of space objects with Earth.—
Jacopo Prisco,
CNN Money,
18 May 2026
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Doc, the inventor of the shortstop position.—
Ben McGrath,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Midcentury furniture from designer Sergio Rodrigues blends with practical design features and natural materials.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 May 2026
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Lowit had by that point gained renown and better paychecks for her intimate backstage candids of models and designers — an unguarded moment with Kate Moss done up for the runway, Jean-Michel Basquiat sitting stone still with his cigarette at the Palladium.—
Clio Chang,
Curbed,
20 May 2026
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“Innovator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovator. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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