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ground-breaking

adjective

  1. innovative

    a ground-breaking novel

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"This is a ground-breaking step for equality, family wellbeing, and the future of fatherhood in South Africa," said Sthembiso Phakathi, founder of Single Dads Network.

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Mr Quinn wants the ground-breaking drug, Tofersen, made freely available to as many people as possible.

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Heralded by Church of England leaders for its "ground-breaking" nightclub style, the Nine O'Clock Service attracted hundreds of young people to its meetings in Sheffield in the 1980s and 1990s.

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“It will not benefit Jewish Bruins nor Jews beyond campus who make extensive use of its first-rate medical facilities, ground-breaking scientific innovations, and cutting-edge cultural institutions.”

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But the minister added the government was "making progress" on tackling people smuggling, and people had already been detained under the UK's "ground-breaking agreement" with France.

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