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pioneer

[pahy-uh-neer] / ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər /






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Tapia Takaki has helped pioneer this experimental approach and has contributed to theoretical models in which gluons gather into localized areas of especially high density, sometimes referred to as "hot spots."

From Science Daily Sep. 12, 2026

But that didn’t change her internal chemistry as a queer pioneer driven to reveal the new and put that energy onscreen.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

Journalist and feminist pioneer Gloria Steinem, who co-founded Ms. magazine and spent her life working toward a more equitable world for women and girls, died on Wednesday in Manhattan.

From Salon Sep. 3, 2026

Regardless of Saturday's result, Taylor will be remembered as a pioneer who kicked open the door for women's boxing.

From BBC Sep. 2, 2026

Like now: he was imagining that he was a pioneer, the first person ever to hike this hill.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

Known as 'vacuum birefringence', the phenomenon was predicted nearly 90 years ago by Werner Heisenberg, one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics.

From Science Daily Aug. 18, 2026

Delta and United have been among the pioneers of segmentation in economy, and they’ve also focused on attracting richer flyers.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

It said the site was also "the birthplace of future UK science pioneers", as it welcomed "more than 25,000 schoolchildren every year".

From BBC Aug. 3, 2026

The duo were pioneers of the aerobics craze that gripped the nation during that decade and helped create the National Aerobic Championship.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 31, 2026

None was from Chicago, even though the city took great pride in its architectural pioneers, in Sullivan, Adler, Jenney, Beman, Cobb, and the others.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

Apple's first foldable comes seven years after Samsung pioneered the category, but the American tech giant is expected to take a sizable chunk of the market.

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

CAR-T therapy, short for chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, was pioneered in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

Mastro pioneered civil racketeering cases that targeted mobbed-up unions.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 3, 2026

The company pioneered a formidable model that is hard to replicate, said Ken Pucker, a sustainable fashion expert at Tufts University.

From Barron's Sep. 1, 2026

Rao’s company has pioneered a work flow software program with a standardized format that makes the outsourcing of tax returns cheap and easy.

From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman

A year later, after a stint with Thelonious Monk’s pioneering group, the saxophonist returned to Davis’s quintet and eventually played, with great credit, on Davis’s legendary 1959 album, “Kind of Blue.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 11, 2026

Kojima, whose pioneering "Metal Gear" spy soldier franchise was a key element of the PlayStation's success since the 1990s, has been working on a new project, "Physint".

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

A critically endangered roloway monkey has given birth only months after a pioneering operation spared her from having her foot amputated.

From Science Daily Sep. 8, 2026

A pioneering fossil hunter who was one of the first women to be employed by the National History Museum has been recognised with a national blue plaque.

From BBC Sep. 7, 2026

Her mannerisms are what you’d imagine in a pioneering farmer’s wife.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein




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