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pioneer

[pahy-uh-neer] / ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər /






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She, like Pulido, grew up in the border area known as the Rio Grande Valley -- but her father was not a Tejano music pioneer.

From Barron's ● Oct. 28, 2026

"Going forward, we hope to clarify the mechanism by which pyruvate promotes triglyceride accumulation to pioneer the development of therapeutic drugs and establishment of preventive methods through dietary interventions," added Professor Harada.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 27, 2026

Toward 1 a.m., a 10-minute stroll south into SoHo led us to the Blue Ribbon Brasserie, a pioneer of New York’s high-end late-night scene since 1992.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

Eli P. Clark made big money as a railway pioneer in Los Angeles and beyond.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

Unlike them, he was not a pioneer in the use of the new word, and he waited until it had become respectable before extending its use to new fields.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

These new pioneers coax the landscape into fertile framing, helping to feed hungry populations.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

Many see themselves as pioneers seeking a simple agrarian life in the rugged hills without smartphones or other modern accouterments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026

The grocer was founded in 1966 by Japanese immigrants Michio and Aveline Kushi — pioneers of the natural-foods macrobiotic movement who began selling imported organic goods out of their Boston home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Wing or centre, a wonderful finisher and a player whose innate talents were honed on those tough streets of his district - one that also produced fellow pioneers Roy Francis and Colin Dixon.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Spreading south at a mere one mile per month, those pioneers would have reached the southern tip of South America only 700 years after crossing the Canadian border.

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

The modern-day interpretation of the holiday was pioneered by the Eastside nonprofit Self Help Graphics & Art, which hosted its first Día de los Muertos public celebration in 1972.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

He wants his legacy to be the one who "pioneered... the industrialisation of Africa", he told Nicolai Tangen, the head of Norway's sovereign wealth fund, in a podcast earlier this year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 27, 2026

They pioneered phytocosmetology—using plant extracts and essential oils in combination with advanced technological research.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

The advanced method is known as ancestral sequence reconstruction, which was pioneered by Joseph Thornton, a former UO scientist whose old laboratory space is now occupied by Barber's group.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

In the years immediately before the founding of the Royal Society two new sets of arguments for Christian faith were pioneered.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

The album also wrote the next chapter in heartland rock’s evolution that Jackson Browne had inspired, Bruce Springsteen was pioneering and Tom Petty, John Mellencamp and others would soon advance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Nobel laureate Ferenc Krausz used this mechanism in pioneering experiments during the 1990s.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

He also controls the pioneering electric car company Tesla.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

The team travelled to a lagoon in the Taraia Peninsula on Nikumaroro, Kiribati, to confirm whether a shiny object first spotted on satellite imagery in 2020 solved the decades-long mystery of the pioneering pilot's disappearance.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

One scientist in particular, David Strayer, played a pioneering role, though he faced great opposition when he first started his work.

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


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