pioneering

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"He was really pioneering as somebody who was unashamedly proud of his queerness before the legalisation of homosexuality in '67," says Dominic James Bilton, the co-leader of the Queer British Art Network.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

On Aug. 1, a 12-piece jazz ensemble will gather in tribute to the late Roy Ayers, the pioneering jazz-funk vibraphonist and godfather of neo soul.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

But two decades after Bangladeshi economist Muhammad Yunus was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for pioneering the concept, few of those aspirations have come to pass.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

That has left the pioneering cryptocurrency in an awkward position.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

A sharp young guy with a thin mustache—he was just twenty-two—Lafayette spoke their language, and as a pioneering Freedom Rider, who had been arrested several times, he was a celebrity.

From "Because They Marched" by Russell Freedman