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groundbreaking

[ground-brey-king] / ˈgraʊndˌbreɪ kɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
pioneering
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"We're incredibly proud that a Barbary macaque from Trentham Monkey Forest is at the heart of such a groundbreaking scientific achievement," said Lovatt.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

What emerged was a groundbreaking proposal for how to define the term “cure” in myeloma.

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

More than half-a-century after the groundbreaking Apollo program's last crewed flight to the Moon, three men and one woman are preparing for a lunar journey set to turn a new page in American space exploration.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

The 2007 opening of FX’s groundbreaking legal drama “Damages,” in which Byrne’s young lawyer, Ellen Parsons, flees an uptown New York apartment building in which something terrible has clearly happened, sparked all manner of conversation.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Black people have been imagined in the future, he continued, emphasizing to the actress how important and groundbreaking a fact that was.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly