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
Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
And yet the pioneers kept heading west for decades.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
From the transistor pioneers of the 1950s to the dense GPU networks of today, computing’s pace is climbing an exponential curve.
—Chelsea Haney
october 30, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025
History San Jose hosts the free event at the Gonzales/Peralta Adobe and Carmela and Thomas Fallon House sites near San Pedro Square Market, showcasing the city’s indigenous inhabitants, its Spanish and Mexican pioneers and its modern residents.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
This year’s festival is an expansion of the annual Apple Festival of past years, offering insights into the early history of the area, the pioneers who planted apple orchards, games, square dancing, food, music and crafts.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
For years, crypto in the United States was a largely theoretical project — a parallel financial system led by a community of extremely online pioneers, who believed the future of money lay in computer networks outside the control of governments or central banks.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The forum had pioneers from their respective industries share their perspectives on leadership, creativity and the future of influence.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Across our industry, local pioneers are already showing what is possible.
—Sunny Tan, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
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
Noun
Considered one of the pioneers of talk radio on WJR, Pierce chatted with a wide swath of figures and, in the station’s heyday, traveled the globe on assignments.
—Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 3 Nov. 2025
And yet the pioneers kept heading west for decades.
—Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025
From the transistor pioneers of the 1950s to the dense GPU networks of today, computing’s pace is climbing an exponential curve.
—Chelsea Haney
october 30, New Atlas, 30 Oct. 2025
History San Jose hosts the free event at the Gonzales/Peralta Adobe and Carmela and Thomas Fallon House sites near San Pedro Square Market, showcasing the city’s indigenous inhabitants, its Spanish and Mexican pioneers and its modern residents.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 28 Oct. 2025
This year’s festival is an expansion of the annual Apple Festival of past years, offering insights into the early history of the area, the pioneers who planted apple orchards, games, square dancing, food, music and crafts.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
For years, crypto in the United States was a largely theoretical project — a parallel financial system led by a community of extremely online pioneers, who believed the future of money lay in computer networks outside the control of governments or central banks.
—Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
The forum had pioneers from their respective industries share their perspectives on leadership, creativity and the future of influence.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
Across our industry, local pioneers are already showing what is possible.
—Sunny Tan, Sourcing Journal, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pioneers
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Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian-American from Palm Bay, Florida, was arrested by Israeli forces in February 2025 after being accused of throwing rocks at Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank.—
Jeremy Diamond,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
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Afrikaners, who are descendants of primarily Dutch colonial settlers who arrived in South Africa in the 1600s, governed the country from 1948 to 1994 and imposed racial separation laws known as apartheid.—
Annika Neklason,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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The Beaver Moon takes its name from early Native American tribes as well as American colonists, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac, when beavers begin sheltering in their lodges after gathering enough food to last the winter.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Nov. 2025
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The story, historically told from the white pilgrim's perspective, is that colonists shared a meal with the indigenous Wampanoag people to give thanks for a successful fall harvest.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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On top of everything, Sakura Fujirawa's music establishes a fluid rhythm, all while dialogue is completely absent.—
Fran Ruiz,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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This provision establishes a new, permanent, dollar-for-dollar credit of up to $1,700 for individuals for donations to non-profit scholarship-granting organizations, according to the letters.—
Arthur Jones II,
ABC News,
29 Oct. 2025
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Roth initiates Heartbeam as buy Roth said the med tech company is well positioned.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
31 Oct. 2025
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Members of Detroit’s police oversight board are calling for changes to how the department initiates minor stops after two recent police shootings that began with stops for drinking in a parking lot and an obscured license plate.—
Violet Ikonomova,
Freep.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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For the Fed, that introduces a serious blind spot.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
24 Oct. 2025
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From a Christmas Toy Drive to a family dinner full of surprises where Kayleigh introduces Darren to Denise (Jackée Harry), her mom, the two clash and connect in a series of moments that are both funny and heartfelt.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The series, which launches on October 28, is produced by Bloomberg, in partnership with No Smiling.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
24 Oct. 2025
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Without hesitation, Estevao launches himself and tries an overhead kick.—
Simon Johnson,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Their sharpness comes from compounds like lactucin and lactucopicrin, which plants produce in response to stress and cold.—
Katie Parla,
Saveur,
30 Oct. 2025
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In the second picture, Garth plants a sweet kiss on 44-year-old Abrams’ cheek.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Pioneers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pioneers. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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