pioneering

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In “Homesick for a World Unknown,” Miriam Horn makes a convincing case that we should listen to the pioneering zoologist George Schaller.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

In February 2025, she underwent pioneering surgery at Liverpool's Walton Centre to treat the seizures.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Gap, famous for its jeans, khakis, white T-shirts and hoodies, laid out its stores with clothing organised by size and style, which was a pioneering approach at the time.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

After a seven-year closure, this vibrant hub for black art—whose pioneering artist-in-residence program has yielded some of the most important creators of the past three decades—had been sorely missed.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

What the pioneering television researchers of the 1960s and 1970s — in particular, Daniel Anderson at the University of Massachusetts — began to realize, however, is that this isn’t how preschoolers watch TV at all.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell