pioneer
noun
a person who is among those who first enter or settle a region, thus opening it for occupation and development by others.
was pioneering
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past progressiveof pioneer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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He held a variety of roles there, but among his contributions was pioneering the organization’s peacebuilding work in Central America.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
Palmieri’s approach was pioneering at a time when volcanology still straddled science and faith.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 16, 2023
When Stevenson moved to Los Angeles 30 years ago, just before the uprising, the city’s ethnic diversity was pioneering, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2022
Such figures might seem reassuringly familiar to analysts today but 40 years ago it was pioneering work.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2022
Indeed the older settled regions themselves were shaped profoundly by the very fact that the whole nation was pioneering and that in the development of the West the East had its own part.
From The Frontier in American History by Frederick Jackson Turner
