How to Use groundbreaking in a Sentence

groundbreaking

adjective
  • She was honored for her groundbreaking work in nuclear physics.
  • That's a time saver, but not quite a groundbreaking use of the emerging tech.
    Zackery Cuevas, PCMAG, 4 June 2024
  • Sad to hear of the passing of the groundbreaking and legendary Gilbert Gottfried.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 12 Apr. 2022
  • The film depicts the opening of a groundbreaking new theme park, where dinosaurs have been brought back to life.
    Milan Polk, Men's Health, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And the creative team behind it hopes the play will be as groundbreaking as the series itself.
    Emily Zemler, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • And many of those fights have taken place against the backdrop of some groundbreaking music.
    Candice Jalili, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Biles developed her own groundbreaking floor routine and hopes to return to the top in the 2024 games.
    Matthew Acosta, Peoplemag, 1 July 2024
  • Renauld White, a groundbreaking model who was the first Black man to appear on the cover of GQ, has died.
    Asia Moore, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2024
  • To mark the groundbreaking film's 25th anniversary, check out these throwback pics of Donahue, Leonard and Williams from back in the day.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 31 July 2024
  • What sealed the deal for me was the knowledge that this groundbreaking concept was conceived by Black women.
    Alexis Jackson, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Of note, Bluford was a member of the groundbreaking class of 1978 astronauts.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 30 Aug. 2023
  • And at 76, after a long and groundbreaking career, she is largely viewed by the art world in heroic terms.
    David Marchese David Marchese Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • That echoes the groundbreaking result for lecanemab reported more than a year ago.
    Byjohn Travis, science.org, 3 May 2023
  • The revival of the groundbreaking ABC series was well received by critics and fans alike.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Aug. 2024
  • At the time it was published, the groundbreaking research was the first of its kind to challenge long-standing assumptions.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Anning has long been a hero to Lomax, and her groundbreaking work still inspires him.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The host came up with the groundbreaking idea of asking the studio audience for questions.
    Sara Sidner, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Was this a groundbreaking album to you just in terms of the musicality of it?
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The actress was rewarded with three more Emmys for her work on the groundbreaking show.
    Nancy Mattia, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2023
  • The pair’s groundbreaking presence went on to shape a second wave of designers, all of whom rose to prominence in the mid- to late-’00s and whose names might also come to mind.
    Diana Tsui, harpersbazaar.com, 31 May 2023
  • For Scruggs, much of her life had been building up to this groundbreaking moment.
    Taylor Dutch, SELF, 8 Aug. 2024
  • With each of the five models across these three different lines, TAG Heuer makes some groundbreaking achievements in the way of design.
    Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 29 Jan. 2024
  • When your kid is ready to get into the big-monster-attacks-city genre, start at the beginning, with the groundbreaking 1933 King Kong.
    Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2022
  • Duran Duran released some of the most groundbreaking videos from that era.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The link between loss and the groundbreaking work of psychologist and philosopher William James is a bit less direct.
    Barbara Spindel, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Now, a groundbreaking study has found some dinosaurs were warm-blooded like birds and mammals.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 28 May 2022
  • The Gotham is honored to present this year’s Social Justice Tribute to such a joyous and groundbreaking project.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024
  • This groundbreaking hair straightener is a lighter, cordless version of the Platinum+ Styler.
    Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 27 Mar. 2023
  • For payers, this proactive model offers a groundbreaking approach to care.
    Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The Cupertino illuminati view deep learning and ML as only the latest in a steady flow of groundbreaking technologies.
    Steven Levy, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024

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