pioneer

The record executive was a pioneer of the music industry who was instrumental in signing and developing artists including Franklin, Pink Floyd, Janis Joplin, Bruce Springsteen, Aerosmith, Billy Joel, Whitney Houston and Alicia Keys.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 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

Ramírez was an unlikely pioneer of Palestinian radicalism.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

The responses surprised one of the study’s authors, Vicky Rideout, a pioneer in the study of children’s media use.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

By 2007, both Don Omar and Hakim had cemented themselves as pioneers and icons in their respective genres.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

Wing or centre, a wonderful finisher and a player whose innate talents were honed on those tough streets of his district - one that also produced fellow pioneers Roy Francis and Colin Dixon.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

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

First came the stumps of the houses that had once contained the dreams of pioneers, and then the town proper in a line of ruined structures.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead

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

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

Meanwhile, even if fully autonomous passenger flight remains elusive, many expect the technology being pioneered will inch into commercial aviation, potentially making piloted flying safer.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026

He’d pioneered the use of estrogen for treating symptoms of menopause and made important early discoveries about endometriosis.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot

Kinsella's pioneering journey back to the sport is so rare it became the subject of a university research paper into elite gymnasts resuming their careers after giving birth.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

A pioneering urologist at the University of Chicago, Lyon worked with an estate attorney to divide his $1.2 million retirement account equally among his 36 grandchildren through separate trusts.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 10, 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

I’ve been lucky enough now in my life to meet all sorts of extraordinary and accomplished people—world leaders, inventors, musicians, astronauts, athletes, professors, entrepreneurs, artists and writers, pioneering doctors and researchers.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama