groundbreaking

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What emerged was a groundbreaking proposal for how to define the term “cure” in myeloma.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

More than half-a-century after the groundbreaking Apollo program's last crewed flight to the Moon, three men and one woman are preparing for a lunar journey set to turn a new page in American space exploration.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

She describes life as "very chaotic, very up and down", until the NHS approved the use of groundbreaking new drug Trikafta, also known as Kaftrio, in 2020.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

A groundbreaking comedy for its time, it paved the way for other sketch comedy that followed using the same formula, more or less, such as “The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour” and “Saturday Night Live.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Over the next decade, the small company took the videogame industry by storm, releasing a series of bestselling action and adventure games, all using a groundbreaking first-person graphics engine created by Halliday.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline