pioneer
noun
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
pioneered
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past participleof pioneer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof pioneer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
pioneernouna person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
Example Sentences
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The advanced method is known as ancestral sequence reconstruction, which was pioneered by Joseph Thornton, a former UO scientist whose old laboratory space is now occupied by Barber's group.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026
But remember that before Oppenheimer tossed us into the nuclear age, he pioneered modern theoretical physics in the United States.
From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2026
Entertainer Josephine Baker, disco icons Dianna Ross and Donna Summer, and Olympic gold-medal-winning sprinter Florence Griffith-Joyner - whose dramatic acrylic sets often distracted headline writers from her record-setting performances - have all pioneered nail art.
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
The theft-prone models lack a critical safeguard called an engine immobilizer pioneered in the mid-1980s, when more than 60,000 cars a year were stolen in Los Angeles alone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
“Polio is a terrible disease! It left children crippled. Killed them. Salk and his group of scientists pioneered a vaccine to prevent it. He even tested it on himself.”
From "The Fourteenth Goldfish" by Jennifer L. Holm
