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Edna Foa, a clinical psychologist, died March 24 at 88, had pioneered prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The move was followed by an unusual drop in subscribers that startled investors and intensified concerns that Netflix was losing dominance over the industry it had pioneered.

From BBC • Apr. 18, 2024

Among its multitude of innovations, Kronos had pioneered performing its chamber music concerts with lighting design shortly before the 1992 Gubaidulina premiere in Carnegie Hall.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

Testing that idea required a steady supply of glucagon, and others had struggled to synthesize it by the method that Merrifield had pioneered.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 8, 2023

Techniques the doctors had pioneered on me would later be used to help hundreds of other patients around Australia and the world.

From "Ugly" by Robert Hoge