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pioneer

[pahy-uh-neer] / ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər /






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Colleagues paid tribute to a "pioneer, a researcher, an inventor" who made "anatomy accessible to the general public", but critics have accused him of voyeurism and profiting commercially from death.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

The study builds on more than 20 years of research led by Cohen, who helped pioneer the discovery of peptides produced by mitochondria.

From Science Daily Jul. 18, 2026

The Taylor family is credited with helping to pioneer numerous innovations, from bagged salads to the U.S. industry’s first automated harvesters for romaine lettuce, cabbage and celery.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Don Iwerks, an Academy Award-winning special effects pioneer whose innovations transformed film and Disney theme parks, died peacefully Thursday at the age of 96, the Walt Disney Co. announced.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 12, 2026

In pioneer days there was said to be a boiling spring around here.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck

Since then, El Malilla has expanded the scope of reggaeton Mexa following collaborations with Puerto Rican pioneers such as Jowell y Randy and Colombian superstar J Balvin.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 20, 2026

Throughout the match, India's players repeatedly paid tribute to the pioneers who had laid the foundations of women's cricket in the country, insisting that this moment belonged to them too.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

Developed in the early 1900s by pioneers including Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and Erwin Schrödinger, it has become one of the most successful scientific theories ever created.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

When the Minions land in Tinseltown, Coffin packs in homages to these pioneers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 6, 2026

Ploetz and Poll looked to British and American eugenicists such as Galton, Priddy, and Davenport as pioneers of this new “science.”

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

The site was first established in 1945 and pioneered radio astronomy and the study of galaxies beyond our own.

From BBC Jul. 27, 2026

“Clint really pioneered in that election the idea of running competing ballot measures,” Ross said.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

But Ukraine has pioneered innovations that are tilting the playing field.

From Slate Jul. 10, 2026

The beating heart of jazz, a genre pioneered by African-Americans, shifted from New Orleans to New York City.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 1, 2026

He believed the Rad Lab was destined to face inevitable decline as physics progressed and competitive laboratories emerged—many of them built on the model Lawrence had pioneered.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik

For Jutta Ambrositsch, a pioneering figure among the new wave of Viennese winemakers, "the major problem is insensitive and careless real estate development in the 'heurigen areas'".

From Barron's Jul. 26, 2026

Completed in 1902, the building was an architectural marvel with a pioneering steel-frame construction making it one of the city's first skyscrapers.

From BBC Jul. 26, 2026

He has turned Regeneron into one of the world’s most valuable drug companies, with a market cap of roughly $70 billion, by repeatedly pioneering technologies that opened up entirely new classes of blockbuster drugs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

The pioneering technology allowed audiences to experience a panoramic view of the film.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 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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