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innovate

[in-uh-vayt] / ˈɪn əˌveɪt /


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Sarah Cardell, Chief Executive of the CMA said it had been told that high fees, strict terms, and technical restrictions relating to Apple's contactless technology made it too difficult for challengers to innovate and compete.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

"We innovate every day to combat evolving threats, and we're committed to providing a safe and trusted platform for kids," the former Apple CEO said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

When malware spreads across the internet, the response isn’t to slow technology, but to innovate faster, creating solutions that are technologically superior to the malicious software.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Lance Hastings, chief executive of the California Manufacturers & Technology Assn., said in a statement Friday that the governor’s veto protects “the ability of manufacturers to innovate and create here in California.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

It cannot at this time be too often repeated, line upon line, precept upon precept, until it comes into the currency of a proverb,—To innovate is not to reform.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Edmund Burke

A Nike spokeswoman said that more diverse interests in China plays to Nike’s strengths as a company that innovates across sporting categories.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 12, 2026

From August 2025: Apple no longer innovates — it waits.

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 21, 2026

The collective bargaining agreement, which extends the current CBA by four years, through 2030, “revolutionizes the game, raises standards, and innovates the business,” Berman added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2024

“Industry innovates and over-complies,” Duffy said, citing a 1970s EPA rule that required power plants to use sulfur dioxide scrubbers.

From Washington Times ● May 11, 2023

But in religion it is always the zealous sect which innovates, which progresses, and which has influence.

From The Life of Jesus by Ernest Renan

Nothing like that had ever happened before; there was no planned repair — so they innovated.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 28, 2026

Against the country that had innovated the jogo bonito, Haaland’s performance was a masterpiece of straightforward brutality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

“It’s possible that we’ve innovated with plants under more scrutiny than any other company ever,” he added.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

Further, American growers have not just decreased imports and increased their exports over the years, they’ve also innovated on the plant itself.

From Salon ● May 6, 2026

Tristan und Isolde is an out-and-out masterpiece, with sweeping, yearning themes, deserving of its place in music’s pantheon, whatever it may or may not have innovated.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

“Not only is Congress not pushing back against the administration, or even innovating in policy, but its members also don’t seem especially interested in serving their constituents on the small-ball aspects of representation,” Stewart said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

But U.S. companies are free to continue innovating in EVs, and fuel prices won’t remain high forever.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

"It is an attempt to just start experimenting a bit and innovating, with an event that will determine who really is the best of the best," Coe told BBC Sport.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

She said some designers are now innovating fabrics with zinc oxide to make the material feel cooler to the touch.

From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026

The agitation began in 1761, and by the innovating ideas which it flung abroad it is as important as the Declaration itself, or the great constitutional debate.

From Lectures on the French Revolution by John Neville Figgis


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