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Recent Examples of pioneering
Robert Lang, Deadline, 2 Jan. 2026
But behind the scenes, this pioneering eVTOL developer—which has received more than US $3 billion in total funding, including around $900 million from Toyota—was playing a major role in shaping Uber’s vision.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Dec. 2025
In 1991, Dutch Gert-Jan Theunisse sported one of the pioneering mullets in the sport.
—Jesse Klein, Outside, 27 Dec. 2025
Thornton plays Ed Roberts, a pioneering disability rights activist who was also the first wheelchair user to attend the University of California, Berkeley.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025
Joseph Byrd, leader of the pioneering psychedelic rock band the United States of America, died in November at the age of 87.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2025
This was an artist who knew the ins and outs of the music industry from her days as a pioneering member of the groundbreaking Sugar Hill Records female rap trio The Sequence.
—Keith Murphy, VIBE.com, 12 Dec. 2025
The biopic follows the life of Christy Salters, formerly known as Martin, a pioneering female boxer whose rise in the ring was matched by turbulence in her personal life.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
While small in stature, this pioneering structure, built in 1779, was the world’s first cast-iron bridge and marked a turning point in design and engineering as Britain entered the Industrial Revolution.
—James March, Travel + Leisure, 1 Dec. 2025
Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 9 Nov. 2025
Back then, however, no one knew what physical substance or mechanism was actually responsible for traits being passed from a parent on to offspring, despite the pioneering genetics work of Gregor Mendel and his pea plants in the 19th century.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 7 Nov. 2025
Bureaucrats are doomed to fail pioneering efforts requiring singleness of purpose and continuity of effort especially having risky and unforeseen outcomes of competing interests.
—Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
More than 25 years later, Kerr Smith still remembers the rollercoaster of emotions that came with his pioneering LGBTQ role on Dawson’s Creek.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025
Nannai Noronha This hotel is a refined extension of the iconic Nannai brand, known for pioneering luxury bungalow stays in northeastern Brazil.
—Carla Vianna, Travel + Leisure, 5 Nov. 2025
The company merges pioneering animation and virtual production workflows withe film, animation and gaming.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
Combining centuries-old Jewish folklore with the then-new medium of cinema, Paul Wegener and Carl Boese’s pioneering horror film draws its inspiration from a legend about a life-sized clay figure — a golem — that came to life to protect the Jews of Prague.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
An ocean technology company has just unveiled a pioneering underwater habitat prototype at a hangar in Miami, designed to allow scientists to live and carry out research beneath the sea’s surface for days at a time.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
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Starring Ben Whishaw as the pioneering photographer Peter Hujar and Rebecca Hall as the writer Linda Rosenkrantz, the movie is based on a rediscovered 1974 interview transcript.
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The comments came after the triumvirate blasted through a fizzy set of pioneering hip-hop.
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Leave it to one of the best luggage brands to come out with a revolutionary zipper that is three times stronger than a traditional zipper, as well as an anti-microbial lining that keeps odor-causing bacteria from thriving.—
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Leonardo DiCaprio stars as a scruffy former revolutionary desperate to find his teen daughter (Chase Infiniti) with an old enemy (Sean Penn) in hot pursuit.—
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After recovering from the shooting, Giffords has become an advocate for gun control – founding an eponymous organization to advance the cause.—
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The OpenSnow reporting and forecasting service is predicting four to eight additional inches at many resorts between Wednesday evening and Friday morning, although founding meteorologist Joel Gratz acknowledged that the weather models for this system have been a bit confounding.—
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There's no doubt there's more trailblazing to be done.—
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The iconic actress — renowned for playing Sandra Clark on the '80s sitcom 227 — not only graced our screens for decades with unparalleled talent but also stands tall as the trailblazing first Black actress to clinch an Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series in 1987.—
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Vrabel, who played alongside Brady for Bill Belichick before establishing himself as a coach in Tennessee, led them to a 14-3 record while coaxing a possible MVP performance out of now-sophomore QB Drake Maye.—
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Here is a copy of the complaint law enforcement filed establishing the basis for his arrest.—
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When emergencies result in a premature birth or a baby with medical complications, immediate access to advanced neonatal care is critical.—
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Safety through advanced technology Safety remains the primary concern for any personal aircraft, and Plaut addresses this through extreme hardware redundancy.—
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In Texas, the state Legislature has sole responsibility for initiating amendments to its constitution.—
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Eleven is forced to enter the Abyss in person, initiating a fight between her and Vecna, while her friends fight the Mind Flayer.—
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One proposal gaining support at least among progressive members is a payroll tax, loosely modeled after a Massachusetts measure, targeting companies that do not offer employees health insurance.—
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It was later discovered Williams had Lewy body dementia, the second-most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease.—
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The health scare occurred at the Chopard Trophee dinner just as Festival director Thierry Fremaux was introducing actor Francois Civil onstage, according to Variety.—
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Platforms across the region are raising prices, introducing higher-tier products and bundling premium sports and local content.—
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“Pioneering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pioneering. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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