as in settlers
a person who settles in a new region
the hardships that the pioneers endured while taming the wilderness
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to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of
he single-handedly pioneered the university's institute for medical research
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Recent Examples of pioneers
Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2026
As the industry grew, pioneers like Henry Ford increased production through new machinery and business management practices, such as the assembly line and vertical integration.
—Jeff Mayhugh, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2026
The pioneers of punk music did it because the mainstream crowd hated it.
—Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026
Impersonators of pioneers of rock ‘n’ roll are headlining contemporary concert stages and art from a country that was once under British rule takes on a new context.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
There were some big changes in Valley TV news in 2025, as well as the deaths of a couple of Valley news pioneers.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Most South Florida towns were founded by people from faraway places, but few of those pioneers were as exotic as the circus performers who helped found the town of Sweetwater.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Cincinnati’s local television stations have had a wealth of memorable newscasters and hosts over the years, from pioneers in the industry to one of the most famous names on TV.
—Jeff Suess, Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 Dec. 2025
Newcomers began to arrive almost immediately, with the growth driven by the forty-niners ‒ the gold-seeking pioneers who began flocking west in 1849.
—Andre Byik, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Amanda Petrusich, New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2025
HackQuest pioneers this approach by creating comprehensive developer profiles on the blockchain.
—Douglas B. Laney, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
DiLoCoX pioneers a number of novel techniques, including pipeline parallelism, adaptive gradient compression, one-step-delay communication overlaps and local training, to create a decentralized AI training environment that scales to unprecedented heights.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
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Chua is often credited as one of the pioneers of modern mixology in Singapore.
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Geese owes an attitudinal debt to the punk pioneers the Stooges.
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In New England, Metacom’s, or King Philip’s, War – waged between Indigenous groups and English settlers – destroyed scores of communities in one of the most destructive conflicts, measured on a per capita basis, in American history.—
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Changing climate drove Norse settlers out of Greenland 700 years ago.—
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But the gun has more limited ammunition compared to semi-automatic pistols that can carry 10 to 17 founds or more.—
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By the late 19th century, colonists were harvesting tons of guano from these caves, to be exported as fertilizer.—
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In addition, the creation of the fetishes, with their bits of bone, dirt, plants, and other objects, also unnerved enslavers and colonists.—
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This opening scene establishes a human, forgiving tone for a movie in which we are often encouraged to laugh with our heroes but never at them.—
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First, a catalyst guides the molecule through an asymmetric step that establishes its chirality.—
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Stifel initiates Cardinal Infrastructure Group as buy Stifel said shares of the civil construction company are best positioned.—
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From there, Aescape initiates a personalized massage using the body scan.—
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The project introduces new exhibit spaces, a live performance venue for up to 1,000 people, and indoor-outdoor community spaces that connect to Lake Erie, plus an ADA-accessible park.—
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Furthermore, beyond its powertrain options, the SUV introduces a major technological leap for the brand.—
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In Springfield, Illinois, the Route 66 Centennial Great Race launches a nine-day vintage car rally to California in June, while the city’s Mother Road Festival returns in late September.—
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Scanning them launches video tutorials explaining what each product does — without forcing customers to ask questions in a store.—
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That encounter plants a seed that bears bitter fruit in the 1988 chapter once teenage Noor (now played by Muhammad Abed Elrahman) finds himself in the middle of a protest that spirals out of control.—
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There’s a distinct aroma that follows Tacos Los Cholos whenever the growing restaurant chain plants roots, the scent of mesquite smoke and prime meats hitting the grill.—
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“Pioneers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pioneers. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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