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
Arushi Jacob, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Team officials from the 49ers and the Rams have embraced being pioneers in Australia.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2026
The seven-piece group is widely credited as pioneers of the K-pop genre, but the industry has grown increasingly competitive in their absence.
—Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
The two other 2026 inductees are the Stanley Brothers, bluegrass pioneers who will be honored in the Veteran Era Artist category, and Paul Overstreet, who will be inducted in the Songwriter category.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Country music hitmaker Tim McGraw, bluegrass pioneers The Stanley Brothers and songwriter Paul Overstreet have been named as the inductees for the Country Music Hall of Fame‘s Class of 2026.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2026
Reenactor Daniel Sharkey hopes festival visitors can learn more about the hard lives of Florida’s pioneers.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
After a close first half, the pioneers took it away in the final minutes.
—Kevin Ko, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
He is joined by veteran chef Chikao Kikuchi, one of the pioneers of Japanese cuisine in North Texas and one of the reasons Kekoa opened Ichika in Plano.
—Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2026
Geese owes an attitudinal debt to the punk pioneers the Stooges.
—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
Noun
For the record, Burleson does not credit himself with popularizing the format, citing Chris Klemens and Billy Eichner as pioneers.
—Arushi Jacob, Variety, 26 Mar. 2026
Team officials from the 49ers and the Rams have embraced being pioneers in Australia.
—Cam Inman, Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2026
The seven-piece group is widely credited as pioneers of the K-pop genre, but the industry has grown increasingly competitive in their absence.
—Joseph Wilkins, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
The two other 2026 inductees are the Stanley Brothers, bluegrass pioneers who will be honored in the Veteran Era Artist category, and Paul Overstreet, who will be inducted in the Songwriter category.
—Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026
Country music hitmaker Tim McGraw, bluegrass pioneers The Stanley Brothers and songwriter Paul Overstreet have been named as the inductees for the Country Music Hall of Fame‘s Class of 2026.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2026
Reenactor Daniel Sharkey hopes festival visitors can learn more about the hard lives of Florida’s pioneers.
—Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
After a close first half, the pioneers took it away in the final minutes.
—Kevin Ko, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
He is joined by veteran chef Chikao Kikuchi, one of the pioneers of Japanese cuisine in North Texas and one of the reasons Kekoa opened Ichika in Plano.
—Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 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.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 20 Mar. 2026
Geese owes an attitudinal debt to the punk pioneers the Stooges.
—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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Most families here are descendants of settlers from Ireland and England who came in pursuit of cod 300-plus years ago.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 Apr. 2026
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These white settlers came in successive waves.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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.—
Fabiola Sanchez,
The Orlando Sentinel,
22 Feb. 2026
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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.—
Garrett Haake,
NBC news,
22 Feb. 2026
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The aiyi have sent an emissary to Scythia, who will determine whether the colonists deserve to survive.—
Stephanie Burt,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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The early colonists were very much anti-idol worshippers and even modern Catholics, as Vice President Vance surely knows, have long been criticized by their Protestant counterparts for a love of statuary, reliquaries and other iconography that some have argued fall into idolatry.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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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.—
Associate News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Nov. 2025
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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.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
31 Jan. 2017
Verb
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Proposed by MKs Simcha Rotman and Yulia Malinovsky, the law establishes the practical mechanisms — procedural and evidentiary — to secure convictions of Nukhba terrorists, after which the death penalty could be imposed.—
Benjamin Weinthal , Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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The draft legislation establishes safety standards, insurance requirements and data privacy protections.—
John Seng,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In reality, the IRS typically initiates contact by mail, especially for tax balance issues or enforcement actions.—
Roxanne Downer,
USA Today,
28 Mar. 2026
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William Blair initiates nLIGHT as outperform William Blair said in its initiation of nLIGHT that the laser company has plenty of upside.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
Verb
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His world is turned upside down when Alex introduces him to Billie (Janice LeAnn Brown), a young wizard-in-training in need of guidance.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Apr. 2026
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Marius introduces the idea of Q’s first love as well, in the same way that Gigi does.—
Arushi Jacob,
Variety,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Here’s what to know about what this means for SpaceX, which has large operations in Hawthorne and launches its workhorse Falcon 9 rockets from Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, the push for efficiency moves upstream to the supply chain as Cascale launches a strategic framework to help Asia-Pacific manufacturers move beyond fragmented regulatory hurdles.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
2 Apr. 2026
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