pioneered
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The advanced method is known as ancestral sequence reconstruction, which was pioneered by Joseph Thornton, a former UO scientist whose old laboratory space is now occupied by Barber's group.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
But remember that before Oppenheimer tossed us into the nuclear age, he pioneered modern theoretical physics in the United States.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
The theft-prone models lack a critical safeguard called an engine immobilizer pioneered in the mid-1980s, when more than 60,000 cars a year were stolen in Los Angeles alone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Mastro pioneered civil racketeering cases that targeted mobbed-up unions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The psychologist Jonathan W. Schooler, who pioneered research on this effect, calls it verbal overshadowing.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
