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Recent Examples of pioneered
Hence, clubs are turning to the player-trading model long pioneered, and more recently supercharged, by Chelsea.
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Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Bryce DeWitt and John Wheeler pioneered approaches to a quantum theory of gravity.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
CoreWeave pioneered this type of financing where GPUs are used as collateral for loans and can be seized by the lender if repayments are not made on time.
—Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
This method marks a departure from the traditional gene-editing technique that scientists use to achieve this effect, following a model pioneered by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Marking its 25th year, HH&S rebranded its honors to pay tribute to the late trailblazing TV writer-producer Lear, who pioneered classic television hits like All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude and One Day at a Time — all of which broke ground in tackling relevant sociopolitical issues.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Galton, who coined the term eugenics, pioneered correlation and regression and used these tools to argue that traits like intelligence and morality were heritable and should be managed through selective breeding.
—Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
This is a design approach pioneered by SpaceX with Starlink.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
En Vogue pioneered girl groups and revolutionized R&B in the 1990s after launching in 1989 in the Bay Area, Buzzfeed recounted last year.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 5 Sep. 2025
Bryce DeWitt and John Wheeler pioneered approaches to a quantum theory of gravity.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 5 Sep. 2025
CoreWeave pioneered this type of financing where GPUs are used as collateral for loans and can be seized by the lender if repayments are not made on time.
—Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
This method marks a departure from the traditional gene-editing technique that scientists use to achieve this effect, following a model pioneered by a team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
—Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
Marking its 25th year, HH&S rebranded its honors to pay tribute to the late trailblazing TV writer-producer Lear, who pioneered classic television hits like All in the Family, The Jeffersons, Maude and One Day at a Time — all of which broke ground in tackling relevant sociopolitical issues.
—Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 3 Sep. 2025
Galton, who coined the term eugenics, pioneered correlation and regression and used these tools to argue that traits like intelligence and morality were heritable and should be managed through selective breeding.
—Craig Spencer, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025
This is a design approach pioneered by SpaceX with Starlink.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 20 Aug. 2025
En Vogue pioneered girl groups and revolutionized R&B in the 1990s after launching in 1989 in the Bay Area, Buzzfeed recounted last year.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 13 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pioneered
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Gemini was founded by the Winklevoss twins in 2014 and holds more than $21 billion of assets on its platform as of the end of July.—
Tanaya Macheel,
CNBC,
9 Sep. 2025
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France’s Fifth Republic, founded by President Charles de Gaulle in 1958, was designed to end the chronic instability that had plagued the Third and Fourth Republics earlier in the 20th century.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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The majority held that the right to end a pregnancy was found neither in the text of the Constitution nor in the nation's history, erasing a reproductive right the high court established nearly five decades ago.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Sep. 2025
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Use a car dealership that is well established in your community.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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The 2025 Ford Explorer midsize SUV introduced new features, and lost a couple less popular ones, when the when the three-row family hauler hit dealerships in July 2024.—
Mark Phelan,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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And, finally, last but likely not least, Joey Cantillo broke into the big leagues last summer and officially introduced himself on Tuesday night.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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Meanwhile, social occasions might be canceled or initiated.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
6 Sep. 2025
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My dad, who was on AT&T, initiated the same test, and the Skylo phone still received one SMS message out of order as well.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Perhaps the biggest beneficiary of the upsurge in demand has been easyJet, which launched easyJet Holidays to fill the gap left by Thomas Cook.—
Ian King,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 2025
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TeamSmile also launched a new pilot program to deliver essential dental care for children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), highlighting the urgent need for accessible treatment for these kids.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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The ad’s award has since been revoked and the agency that created it has issued a public apology, but Salvador isn’t done.—
Kyle Ingram,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Sep. 2025
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Anticipating widespread unemployment, Kaegi also instituted a COVID adjustment in 2020, cutting residential assessments considerably.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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This iteration of the rule was instituted in July, effectively allowing NASCAR to guarantee the six 23XI and FRM cars to be in the field if more than 40 cars enter a race.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Pioneered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pioneered. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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