as in settler
a person who settles in a new region
the hardships that the pioneers endured while taming the wilderness
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as in first
coming before all others in time or order
the nation's pioneer institution for the education of African-Americans
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as in to establish
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 pioneer
Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection today after the pioneer of no-frills travel in the U.S. struggled with a long run of quarterly losses, failed merger attempts and looming debt maturities.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
The Pi team also includes co-founder Sergey Levine, who has pioneered robotics development at Stanford University and Brian Ichter, former research scientist at Google.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The show is slow-paced and somber, and Sheridan seems to relish in emphasizing the many ways that pioneers died.
—Noel Murray, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
Spirit Airlines filed for bankruptcy protection today after the pioneer of no-frills travel in the U.S. struggled with a long run of quarterly losses, failed merger attempts and looming debt maturities.
—Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 18 Nov. 2024
Verb
The company is pioneering better solutions by leveraging its founder’s decades of experience within the telecommunications space.
—Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
The Pi team also includes co-founder Sergey Levine, who has pioneered robotics development at Stanford University and Brian Ichter, former research scientist at Google.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2024
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The connection between faith and gratitude The concept of gratitude is intertwined with faith, according to Rabbi Pinchas Taylor of Florida, who spoke about the early settlers expressing both sentiments.Angelica Stabile, Fox News, 26 Nov. 2024
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Driving the news: The Shin Bet security agency has been using administrative detention in order not to expose its sensitive intelligence sources inside extremist Jewish settler groups.Barak Ravid, Axios, 23 Nov. 2024
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The first third of the book is largely takes place in the faux-medieval village from Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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As China’s first nuclear test in 1964 prompted India to test a weapon in 1974, which in turn drove Pakistan to accelerate its nuclear program and test a weapon in 1998, in the long run, Israel’s escalating military campaign may constitute Iran’s final incentive to cross the nuclear threshold.Carrie A. Lee, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
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While Birnbaum’s playful take on Murakami’s prose established the hip, colloquial style the author is still mostly known for today, his translation of Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World cut about 100 pages from the Japanese text.Bailey Trela, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
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Now, he’s established as one of the best goalies in college hockey, and his early-season run has backed that up.Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 15 Nov. 2024
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The first colonists would encounter a barren landscape without water or breathable atmosphere, bathed in deadly solar and galactic radiation from which Earthbound humans are protected by our planet’s atmosphere and magnetic field.Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2024
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The birds have strutted the streets for hundreds of years, arriving in the 1600s with some of the earliest European colonists, according to the New York Public Library.Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024
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That was my fault, in not sticking with the initial, less manicured way of presenting the feelings in those songs.Chris Willman, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
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Did the summer tour exceed your initial expectations?Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Nov. 2024
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After convention speech, what's next for Ramaswamy Former employees sue Dublin firm founded by presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Smart, driven, a little 'arrogant': How Vivek Ramaswamy's Cincinnati roots shaped him Ramaswamy attended Princeton Junior High and St. Xavier High School.Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 22 Nov. 2024
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Langford founded and is the coach for the Avon High School debate team.Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Nov. 2024
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After a brief impression of Judy, Paris offered some insight into one of the girls’ foremost comedic influences growing up.Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 18 Nov. 2024
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Alex Sarian, the president and CEO of Arts Commons, one of Canada’s foremost centers for the arts, thinks the answer is a crisis of relevance.Timothy J. McClimon, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Instead, many recalls are initiated due to the potential risk of contamination in the food product.Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 29 Nov. 2024
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Recalls were initiated for reasons ranging from concerns about contamination with dangerous pathogens to simple production and mislabeling mistakes that could result in consumers being exposed to allergic reactions.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
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“Pioneer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pioneer. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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