- present tense form of pioneer (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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"For people that look like us, it's taken a while to get to this point, and you're one of the pioneers of that," Richards says.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The tool, still limited to a select group of customers, arrives roughly a year and a half behind pioneers such as OpenAI and Google.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
Sadelain is widely recognized as one of the pioneers of CAR T-cell therapy and has played a key role in its development and clinical use.
From Science Daily • Jun. 2, 2026
The grocer was founded in 1966 by Japanese immigrants Michio and Aveline Kushi — pioneers of the natural-foods macrobiotic movement — who began selling imported organic goods out of their Boston home.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
To our left was a lot in which a few bold pioneers had planted gardens.
From "Seedfolks" by Paul Fleischman
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