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innovative

 adjective
     
in‧nov‧at‧ive also innovatory
1 an innovative idea or way of doing something is new, different, and better than those that existed before:
an innovative approach to language teaching
innovative schemes for recycling waste materials
2 using clever new ideas and methods:
an innovative design team
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