pioneer
noun
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
is pioneering
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present progressiveof pioneer (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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It is pioneering a new, largely untested method of power generation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026
QuantumScape, a development-stage company, is pioneering solid-state EV batteries not yet in production vehicles.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Parc Eirin is a development of more than 200 low carbon homes on the outskirts of Tonyrefail which is pioneering a new way of funding the infrastructure needed for ground source heating.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2025
Oregon-based Revino is pioneering a model for reuse, distributing its easily refillable bottles to wineries in the Pacific Northwest and creating the infrastructure to collect, wash and recirculate them for up to 25 uses.
From Salon ● Nov. 28, 2023
As already pointed out, the Forester is on the firing line of the conservation movement; he is pioneering in a new profession.
From The Training of a Forester by Gifford Pinchot
