How to Use innovate in a Sentence

innovate

verb
  • The company innovated a new operating system.
  • The company plans to continue innovating and experimenting.
  • And yes, all need to innovate all the time.
    — George Bradt, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Our path is to out-innovate them.
    — Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • When things get tough, innovate.
    — Daniel Scheffler, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
  • Sure mental health is a hard place to innovate, but no field needs it more.
    — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Our roads will have to innovate, much like the cars themselves.
    — Sarah Engel, CNN, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Like it or not, we've been forced to innovate for the past 15 months.
    — Glenn Karwoski, Star Tribune, 20 June 2021
  • Or is this a moment to innovate and step forward and be brave?
    — Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Mar. 2021
  • But with loss came the need to pivot, innovate and reinvent the process.
    — Flora Tsapovsky, SFChronicle.com, 28 May 2020
  • Courage to act, to innovate, and to demand more from the system.
    — Thomas McInerney, Fortune, 19 Dec. 2025
  • People can’t solve problems or innovate when they are burnt out and stretched thin.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Feb. 2026
  • If there’s one thing for certain, Swift is gonna innovate, vate, vate.
    — Vulture, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Brands need to innovate here in order to nurture fans.
    — Essence, 26 Jan. 2026
  • That these unpredictable times would force them to innovate—and thrive.
    — Melinda Joe, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2020
  • Like any sector of tech, there’s pressure to innovate, of course.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
  • But each season, the Kings innovate new items.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 May 2026
  • What is so commonplace that no one has bothered to innovate it in years?
    — Ryan Fritsch, Forbes, 19 July 2022
  • And most of all, use thought leadership to innovate.
    — Rhea Wessel, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Hewlett loved to walk the company and find ways to innovate from the workers.
    — Ed Martin, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In turn, the show will need to innovate on those terms to stay interesting.
    — Vulture, 1 Mar. 2023
  • But how can Björk herself grow and innovate now that pop culture has caught up?
    — William Earl, Variety, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Of course, the rise of Airbnb has also pushed hotels to innovate and adapt.
    — Mark Ellwood, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Dec. 2019
  • To lead at sea, America must out-innovate on three fronts at once.
    — Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025
  • That’s an exciting way that a restaurant can innovate a time like this.
    — NBC News, 25 Nov. 2020
  • Their wishful thinking shows you where to innovate.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The pandemic was tough and showed us how to adapt, endure, and innovate.
    — Brennan Barnard, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
  • But many of the best-in-class companies are seizing on the chance to innovate and evolve.
    — Shefali Kapadia, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • But amidst the chaos and the confusion, Ohioans have found ways to innovate.
    — Anna Staver, The Enquirer, 5 Oct. 2020
  • Many schools innovating with AI are at this point.
    — Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

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