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groundbreaking

[ground-brey-king] / ˈgraʊndˌbreɪ kɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
pioneering
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David, the American narrator of this groundbreaking novel by James Baldwin, has come to Paris hoping to elude his homosexuality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

That project also produced a groundbreaking 2022 paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

From Science Daily • Jun. 7, 2026

Hodgson, who attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the redevelopment of Hope Bay, said construction of the mine is of strategic importance to Canada.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

The show was groundbreaking - it put the stories of LGBTQ+ people during the HIV/Aids epidemic front and centre, tackled social taboos and gave a voice to those who are often marginalised.

From BBC • May 19, 2026

Emmanuel Roth arrives in Geneva on 29 January 2016 to destroy the Large Hadron Collider, the site of the groundbreaking discovery of gravitons, without which time travel would be impossible.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson




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