as in to establish
to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
innovated a new system for filing books that dramatically improved efficiency in libraries
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Recent Examples of innovate
While giving her room to innovate, which is a chief goal of charter schools, the board monitored her enrollment numbers and staffing.
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Eli Hager, ProPublica, 31 Dec. 2024
Despite the turnover, the Rays continue to innovate and regenerate.
—The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
One way to move forward is seeing generational differences as an opportunity to innovate, not a challenge to fix.
—Aparna Rae, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
To continue to innovate its stores and showrooms, Cucinelli last year invested approximately 108 million euros, with an impact on sales of 8.5 percent.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
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Eli Hager, ProPublica, 31 Dec. 2024
Despite the turnover, the Rays continue to innovate and regenerate.
—The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
One way to move forward is seeing generational differences as an opportunity to innovate, not a challenge to fix.
—Aparna Rae, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
To continue to innovate its stores and showrooms, Cucinelli last year invested approximately 108 million euros, with an impact on sales of 8.5 percent.
—Luisa Zargani, WWD, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for innovate
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Here's how to establish authority on LinkedIn in record time.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Corporations and unions may establish a political action committee (PAC) for express advocacy or electioneering communications purposes.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
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Armored vehicles and National Guard personnel block the entrances to still-smoldering neighborhoods, some pioneered decades ago by Black residents redlined out of areas nearby.—
Elizabeth Wolfe,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
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The venue and Tao Group’s Tao Beach at The Venetian pioneered the Las Vegas day club scene.—
Melinda Sheckells,
Variety,
16 Jan. 2025
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Hesitation to initiate tasks, often fueled by the overwhelming nature of clutter, leads to avoidance.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Four specific moves — illegally attempting to end birthright citizenship, reviving the Schedule F order that could initiate a civil service purge, pardoning January 6 rioters, and ordering multiple investigations into the Biden administration — deserve particular attention.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
23 Jan. 2025
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And this, too, has consequences: Americans have created the information climate that other countries must accept, and this allows deceptive election practices to thrive.—
Anne Applebaum,
The Atlantic,
27 Jan. 2025
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The petition, which has since been deleted, was created under the name Dexter Morgan.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
27 Jan. 2025
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After introducing their characters and learning about their mission from the Gramercy Occult Society, the D20 heroes turned the reins to the audience: Using their phones, fans rolled a virtual, 20-sided die to bring an ally or enemy into the show.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2025
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In the year 2000, iPods, hybrid cars, camera phones, and GPS were introduced; iTunes, Wikipedia, and Xbox came in 2001.—
Boutayna Chokrane,
Vogue,
26 Jan. 2025
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In a groundbreaking development for warehouse automation, Ambi Robotics just launched AmbiStack, a multipurpose robotic system that promises to transform the way items are stacked onto pallets and into containers.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
30 Jan. 2025
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The GoFundMe was launched after Williams’ explosive albeit emotional interview on The Breakfast Club.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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Jack Holloway founded the first store at the corner of North Orange Avenue and Wall Street in downtown Orlando, company history said.—
Jason Dill,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2025
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Our blood comes from the blood of the Caliphate of Cordoba, the civilization of that time, of the Roman Latins of the Mediterranean, the civilization of that time, who founded the republic, democracy in Athens; our blood comes from the Black resistance fighters turned into slaves by you.—
Joel Thayer,
Newsweek,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Camp fire and a series of other blazes led California’s largest utility, Pacific Gas & Electric, to file for bankruptcy in 2019 and to institute wildfire prevention measures as extreme weather conditions have become more persistent.—
Ivan Penn,
New York Times,
30 Jan. 2025
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The state has since instituted wildland-urban interface codes, which mandate fire-resilient construction in high-risk fire zones.—
Bob Woods,
CNBC,
26 Jan. 2025
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“Innovate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/innovate. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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