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groundbreaking

[ground-brey-king] / ˈgraʊndˌbreɪ kɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
pioneering
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"There is much to do, but we are on our way to groundbreaking science."

From Science Daily Sep. 21, 2026

Kelly Lange worked for several years as an airborne radio traffic reporter before becoming a groundbreaking female nightly news anchor for the NBC station here and a guest host for the NBC network.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

Before the landmark proof even appeared online, social media blew up with suspicion that OpenAI’s model had taken the groundbreaking, unpublished work of humans, which the company denies.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 12, 2026

Olympic gymnast Alice Kinsella says "it's hard to put into words" how she feels about returning to international competition as her groundbreaking comeback to the sport continues this weekend.

From BBC Sep. 10, 2026

Over the next decade, the small company took the videogame industry by storm, releasing a series of bestselling action and adventure games, all using a groundbreaking first-person graphics engine created by Halliday.

From "Ready Player One: A Novel" by Ernest Cline




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