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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as in founds
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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Noun
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People freed from slavery were largely able to stake their claim on the area in the mid-1800s because white settlers passed it over.—
Karina Atkins,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Dec. 2024 -
White settlers, however, viewed the growing Ghost Dance practice as a harbinger of insurrection.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
29 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Recommended for European travelers and colonists heading to the East in the late 1800s, quinine was initially added to various alcoholic beverages to mask its bitterness.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
23 Dec. 2024
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Hot, wet, insect-ridden, and with a climate that made early colonists exceptionally susceptible to disease, the islands became the center of an idea formulated in Paris in the mid-nineteenth century.—
Rob Crossan,
JSTOR Daily,
13 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Society establishes a tax that if AI does the right thing, it is taxed lightly.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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Moore signed the order, which establishes multiple initiatives seeking to make the state more friendly to business development, at a Friday ceremony in downtown Frederick, against the backdrop of an ongoing hotel and conference center project.—
Dan Belson,
Baltimore Sun,
23 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Bank of America initiates Box as buy The cloud company has an attractive outlook.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
12 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to comply with the climate initiates of the Paris Agreement, an international treaty signed in 2015 to prevent climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050.—
Jon McGowan,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Maggie also introduces Quinn to her supply sergeant Conway (iCarly’s Laci Mosley), who reveals she’s taken advantage of the free-flowing military budget to accrue a secret closet full of valuable treasures for the base.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Fender Electric Instruments introduces a single- and dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Orange County Register,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Vogue Conversations launches on January 14, 2025 at Lightroom London.—
Laia Farran Graves,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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India launches space docking demonstration mission.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Pioneers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pioneers. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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