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ground-breaking

British  

adjective

  1. innovative

    a ground-breaking novel

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Oliver Hancock, 26, said it was "pretty cool to be working in this ground-breaking stuff".

From BBC

His bill proved to be ground-breaking, with Wales, Northern Ireland and England following suit the following year.

From BBC

Other major minimalism attractions are a program of selections to four ground-breaking Adams music theater pieces created in collaboration with Sellars — “Nixon in China,” “The Death of Klinghoffer” and “Doctor Atomic” — conducted by the composer and featuring his current muse, Julia Bullock.

From Los Angeles Times

The surgeons involved said the birth was "a ground-breaking moment", which could give hope to many more women with a similar diagnosis.

From BBC

China's freestyle skiing superstar Eileen Gu aims for her elusive first title of the Winter Olympics as Norwegian Johannes Klaebo kicked off Saturday's action with his ground-breaking sixth gold of the Milan-Cortina Games.

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