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innovator

[in-uh-vay-ter] / ˈɪn əˌveɪ tər /


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The way they are dealing with these calls is attracting attention from around the globe - I wanted to find out how it's going, and if Wales is an outlier or an innovator?

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

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

Jobs was known as a creative visionary, a fiery innovator who launched the iPhone and other iconic products.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 22, 2026

The future of Apple is being entrusted to a company veteran said to combine hardware brilliance with "the soul of an innovator."

From Barron's ● Apr. 21, 2026

It was named after Robert Metcalfe, an electrical engineer and innovator who helped develop the Ethernet computing standard used to connect computers over short distances.

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

The Independent highlights its Climate 100 - the "changemakers and innovators helping turn the time on our climate crisis".

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

It also aims to help build a broader bioengineered, silicon-based materials ecosystem by connecting researchers, industry partners, policymakers, educators, and future innovators across multiple disciplines and sectors.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026

“We’re giving innovators room to build and test at the port,” he said in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Yet the industrial lesson is the same: When government identifies the strategic gap, removes obstacles and matches innovators with industrial partners, America can move quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

Europe’s fragmentation did, and China’s unity didn’t, foster the advance of technology, science, and capitalism by fostering competition between states and providing innovators with alternative sources of support and havens from persecution.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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