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pioneering

[pahy-uh-neer-ing] / ˌpaɪ əˈnɪər ɪŋ /


ADJECTIVE
futuristic
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST








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“Football’s all of a sudden starting to reckon with the new climate realities,” said Elliot Arthur-Worsop, founding director of Football For Future, a pioneering U.K. nonprofit and co-publisher of “Pitches in Peril.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2026

That has left the pioneering cryptocurrency in an awkward position.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 4, 2026

The pioneering research Aidan donated his brain matter to has allowed scientists to show how a toxic form of a protein linked to Alzheimer's can attach to and damage the connections between brain cells.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Its pioneering use of reusable rockets lowered the cost of reaching orbit, opening new business opportunities, such as Starlink, its space-based broadband service.

From Barron's • May 22, 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




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