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pioneer

[pahy-uh-neer] / ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər /






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Once the leader of and undisputed standard-bearer for the TV-to-digital shift, the streaming pioneer has had to publicly contend with various moments of weakness throughout this year.

From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2026

Maniscalco is an incredible businessman, and a pioneer in the craft of shouting a premise and then pausing until the audience agrees it’s a punchline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026

Now the state has emerged as a pioneer of pro-LGBTQ laws and policies, at a time when the high court has moved considerably to the right.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

The group helped pioneer heavy metal music in Britain with a string of top 10 albums including 1980 hit Ace Of Spades, 1981's No Sleep Til Hammersmith, and Iron Fist in 1982.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

“We can’t organize bigger and more influential deputations,” stated Harriot Stanton Blatch, the daughter of suffrage pioneer Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler

AI research pioneers including Geoffrey Hinton, who worked at Google for roughly a decade, and Yoshua Bengio are among the co-authors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

By 2007, both Don Omar and Hakim had cemented themselves as pioneers and icons in their respective genres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 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

American history is filled with stories of immigrants and pioneers who took great risks to make new lives in America.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

He was cast in Breaking Bad at 14, and told Channel 4 News in 2016 that the show "pioneered a lot of TV and writers to be more brave".

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Alice Cooper, 78, is lead singer of the namesake band that pioneered shock rock in the early 1970s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 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

But remember that before Oppenheimer tossed us into the nuclear age, he pioneered modern theoretical physics in the United States.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026

Those who found the team research Lawrence pioneered uncongenial simply moved on, but they were a distinct minority.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

He also controls the pioneering electric car company Tesla.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

For their pioneering work on AlphaFold, Hassabis and Jumper won the Nobel Prize in chemistry.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Guardiola only spent four seasons at Barcelona, but it was an era-defining tenure, the Catalan giants pioneering a brand of football that would be celebrated and copied the world over.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

She was someone who co-founded a pioneering nonprofit in the crucible of a changing South L.A. in the 1990s and always seemed to land on the right side of history until becoming mayor in 2022.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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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