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he single-handedly pioneered the university's institute for medical research
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Recent Examples of pioneered
Around 1980, channels such as C-SPAN and CNN pioneered the idea that videos could mediate the reality of a universe that is too large and complex to be wholly perceived for people with limited time, attention, and sensory abilities.
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Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
The countertop material — typically the mineral quartz crushed and cooked with plastic resins, dyes and glass into slabs — was pioneered in 1987 by Israel’s Caesarstone, which still makes it and is named in hundreds of lawsuits, including Peña’s.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
André and Luiz Auersvald, the plastic surgeons who pioneered the net as a means of curbing their 14% hematoma rate.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 16 Mar. 2026
In addition to teaching and preparing dancers for professional study, marked by a solo debut performance called an arangetram, the two women together run a company dedicated to performing concert dance works — a format Hema pioneered for Bharatanatyam in Chicago.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Combatants in the Russia-Ukraine war have pioneered the use of first-person view drones as kamikaze munitions.
—Jon R. Lindsay, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
After the war, aesthetic values slowly started to change, switching to a utilitarian, unornamented standard and ushering in the era of international and midcentury-modern styles pioneered by visionaries like Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
Long before Rag & Bone launched its Miramar collection of denim-print sweats and startups like Lab Denim pioneered digital dyeing, there was the Adidas denim soccer jersey.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2026
Orringer's team has pioneered advanced tumor-visualization techniques to help patients.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
The countertop material — typically the mineral quartz crushed and cooked with plastic resins, dyes and glass into slabs — was pioneered in 1987 by Israel’s Caesarstone, which still makes it and is named in hundreds of lawsuits, including Peña’s.
—Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 16 Mar. 2026
André and Luiz Auersvald, the plastic surgeons who pioneered the net as a means of curbing their 14% hematoma rate.
—Jolene Edgar, Allure, 16 Mar. 2026
In addition to teaching and preparing dancers for professional study, marked by a solo debut performance called an arangetram, the two women together run a company dedicated to performing concert dance works — a format Hema pioneered for Bharatanatyam in Chicago.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026
Combatants in the Russia-Ukraine war have pioneered the use of first-person view drones as kamikaze munitions.
—Jon R. Lindsay, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2026
After the war, aesthetic values slowly started to change, switching to a utilitarian, unornamented standard and ushering in the era of international and midcentury-modern styles pioneered by visionaries like Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 10 Mar. 2026
Long before Rag & Bone launched its Miramar collection of denim-print sweats and startups like Lab Denim pioneered digital dyeing, there was the Adidas denim soccer jersey.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2026
Orringer's team has pioneered advanced tumor-visualization techniques to help patients.
—Hannah Kliger, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pioneered
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Indian hotelier Ashok Khanna founded the place as a response to epidemic stress levels, with a mission to rebalance holistically.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Mar. 2026
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Encode is led by Stanford University student Sneha Revanur, who founded the organization in 2020.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Setting an example Leju, a humanoid robot company that established a robot training center in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, with state support, has created environments such as an automobile assembly line, a smart home, and an eldercare facility within a 10,000-square-foot ㎡ space.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Mar. 2026
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Several of the newest members, picked by Kennedy and his allies, have questioned established medical research on vaccines.—
Jacob Rosen,
CBS News,
16 Mar. 2026
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Encode’s vice president of public policy issued a statement endorsing HB 286 after the group paid for polling that found broad support for the bill among Utah voters just days after it was introduced.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Mar. 2026
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Prosecutors have also introduced letters from the State Department, the Defense Department, the Drug Enforcement Administration and the FBI stating that searches found no record that the defendants had ever been employed by those federal agencies.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
17 Mar. 2026
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Requests can be initiated by a property owner whose land touches the street or by a City Council member.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Another investigation was initiated the following year by the commission after Givens was accused of presiding over two criminal cases after she’d been recused, jailing a man in one case and revoking bond from another.—
Jane Harper,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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Both sides have launched multiple strikes against each other from Lebanon, and noncombatants have been killed as a result.—
Washington Examiner Staff,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Mar. 2026
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Kathryn Palmer Israel launched a new wave of strikes on Iran on Sunday, the Israel Defense Forces announced, targeting infrastructure in western Iran.—
Kathryn Palmer,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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And that’s the exact advantage Mansfield Summit’s smothering defense created in the Class 5A Division II state championship.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Mar. 2026
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The creation of this content included the use of AI based on templates created, reviewed and edited by journalists in the newsroom.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Philippines and Pakistan both instituted four-day work weeks for government workers, and Bangladesh has even shifted its calendar, bringing forward its Eid-al-fitr holiday, allowing universities to close early in a bid to save fuel.—
Lim Hui Jie,Sawdah Bhaimiya,
CNBC,
15 Mar. 2026
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The city of Fort Worth has instituted a hiring freeze because of a budget shortfall, according to a memo from City Manager Jay Chapa shared with the Star-Telegram by District 3 council member Michael Crain.—
Harrison Mantas,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2026
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