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
Brian Hackney,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
As of January 2026, that federal evaluation included 17 UTM service providers and operators, a sign the framework is moving from two pioneers to an industry-wide layer.
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John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta.
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Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
28 June 2026
The 90-minute set got the crowd dancing to EDM remixes and hits from one of the genre’s pioneers, bringing back 2010s nostalgia.
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Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The technology was invaluable to farmers and pioneers of the American West.
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Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Though there is still no fix for the mutation, the subsequent research spawned by the work of Fraumeni, Li, and other pioneers hasn’t been for naught.
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Lawrence Ingrassia,
STAT,
26 June 2026
The story links the creatures’ anarchic physical comedy to silent-era pioneers such as Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton.
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Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
The second album this year from metalcore pioneers Converge is named for a mysterious, pulsing, low-frequency ambient drone, likened by those who hear it to a diesel engine, an idling airplane, or a kind of inescapable torture.
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Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
24 June 2026
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
20 Mar. 2026
Geese owes an attitudinal debt to the punk pioneers the Stooges.
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Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
12 Dec. 2025
HackQuest pioneers this approach by creating comprehensive developer profiles on the blockchain.
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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.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Aug. 2025
Noun
But it was then followed up by a Spanish hymn, sung by musicians, dressed in 18th-century Spanish Colonial attire, including the garb of soldado, vaquero, pioneers, military, and indigenous peoples.
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Brian Hackney,
CBS News,
30 June 2026
As of January 2026, that federal evaluation included 17 UTM service providers and operators, a sign the framework is moving from two pioneers to an industry-wide layer.
—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
German physicist Max Planck was one of the pioneers of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century, earning the 1918 Nobel Prize in Physics for his discovery of quanta.
—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
28 June 2026
The 90-minute set got the crowd dancing to EDM remixes and hits from one of the genre’s pioneers, bringing back 2010s nostalgia.
—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
The technology was invaluable to farmers and pioneers of the American West.
—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 June 2026
Though there is still no fix for the mutation, the subsequent research spawned by the work of Fraumeni, Li, and other pioneers hasn’t been for naught.
—
Lawrence Ingrassia,
STAT,
26 June 2026
The story links the creatures’ anarchic physical comedy to silent-era pioneers such as Charlie Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Buster Keaton.
—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2026
The second album this year from metalcore pioneers Converge is named for a mysterious, pulsing, low-frequency ambient drone, likened by those who hear it to a diesel engine, an idling airplane, or a kind of inescapable torture.
—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
24 June 2026
Verb
This year’s Veteran Era Category, which honors artists that came to musical prominence before 1980, was awarded to bluegrass and folk music pioneers The Stanley Brothers, Ralph and Carter Stanley.
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Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
20 Mar. 2026
Geese owes an attitudinal debt to the punk pioneers the Stooges.
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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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pioneers
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The disagreement reflected broader frustrations among many frontier settlers.
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Fossils dating back to the Pleistocene Age were found at this incredible site, which got its name from early settlers who thought the steam emanating from the underground space looked like smoke rising from hell.
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Goldschmied enters a partnership with Renzo Rosso and co-founds Diesel.
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Last year, people searching for missing relatives founds piles of shoes and other clothing, as well as bone fragments at what authorities later said was a Jalisco cartel recruitment and training site.
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These were moments of extraordinary dissent against the British government by American colonists.
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The American colonists were friends with affliction and shared their suffering socially, in writing and conversation.
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After the freeze of nearly $800 million in federal research funds, the deal’s resolution both restores essential support for academic research and institutes new requirements intended to bolster anti-discrimination efforts—especially against anti-Semitism.
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In areas where our UDC system has been deployed, the grid operator instead institutes a brownout, cutting power by 90 percent.
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This establishes a baseline for each user by monitoring heart rate, respiratory rate, blood oxygen levels and other physiological signals during sleep over a seven-day period.
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The City Council’s vote formally establishes the partnership, making Morelia Sacramento’s newest sister city.
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Needham initiates Carlsmed as buy Needham says the medtech company is best positioned.
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Traffic is expected to be impacted in Midtown Manhattan as the city initiates shuttle bus corridors and closes streets around Penn Station for fans going to MetLife Stadium, which FIFA calls New York New Jersey Stadium.
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Artificial intelligence now introduces a different challenge by demonstrating that many traditional legal tasks can be performed faster and more efficiently by machines.
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For coffee drinkers, the program introduces 52 distinct flavor releases over the course of the year.
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The event also launches Giving 4th, a nationwide initiative encouraging Americans to support charitable organizations and volunteer in their communities in honor of the country's 250th birthday.
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Once a month, Alejandro de Lucia, 62, a Cuban native living in Long Island, launches the Supermarket23 app and selects meats, rice and other items to send to his in-laws in Cojimar, who are in their 80s.
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