pioneered

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The message harked back to the old U.S. policy of further entwining the American and Chinese economies, breaking with an approach pioneered during the first Trump administration to untangle business ties, largely for national-security reasons.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

SpaceX’s public market debut should be epic—fitting for a company that pioneered reusable rockets and has ambitions to put a human colony on Mars.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

Media mogul Ted Turner, who pioneered the modern 24-hour news culture when he launched the CNN channel, has died at the age of 87, the network has announced.

From BBC • May 6, 2026

Clipping, before it was even known by that name, was pioneered in its modern form by Andrew Tate, who rode the traction to outsize international recognition in the early part of the decade.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

The psychologist Jonathan W. Schooler, who pioneered research on this effect, calls it verbal overshadowing.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell