Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to pioneers; serving to pioneer: as, a pioneering expedition.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective groundbreaking; originating; -- of efforts that begin work in a field or on a topic not previously widely known.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
pioneer . - noun activity of
pioneering - noun A
scoutcraft skill that involves building structures usingstaves andknots
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Back in the 70s (what I called my pioneering years), when the world was circuit switched and flat, and when the ARPAnet was running on minicomputers over 4. 8Kbps lines (not a typo), I was part of the team mandated to develop a carrier-grade packet switch that could support 56
VoIP & Gadgets Blog 2009
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Back in the 70s (what I called my pioneering years), when the world was circuit switched and flat, and when the ARPAnet was running on minicomputers over 4. 8Kbps lines (not a typo), I was part of the team mandated to develop a carrier-grade packet switch that could support 56
VoIP & Gadgets Blog 2009
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For a time I joined my Dad in pioneering the Evangelical anti-abortion Religious Right movement.
Frank Schaeffer: "End Times" Election Results Biblical Republican Paranoia Frank Schaeffer 2010
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For a time I joined my Dad in pioneering the Evangelical anti-abortion Religious Right movement.
Frank Schaeffer: "End Times" Election Results Biblical Republican Paranoia Frank Schaeffer 2010
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With over ten years of experience in pioneering genomic research and genome-wide mapping and association studies, Dr. Hakonarson had the intimate knowledge of the complexities of large-scale genomics projects and he has put together the necessary infrastructure and workflow processes to unravel these complexities in his role as the Director of the Center for Applied Genomics.
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On Wednesday, Chief Executive Mike Duke touted Mr. Holley's strong role in pioneering the company's international expansion.
Wal-Mart Picks New Finance Chief John Kell 2010
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Secure Trading specialises in pioneering pay online technology, becoming one of the first independent suppliers in the UK to provide internet payment services.
Archive 2008-11-01 2008
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Secure Trading specialises in pioneering pay online technology, becoming one of the first independent suppliers in the UK to provide internet payment services.
Welsh opportunities 2008
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I'm afraid that the illegal drug distribution community is far ahead on pioneering the code word "babies" to represent kilograms.
Under the Table: Baby Got Beard BikeSnobNYC 2010
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It was Ray who first used the phrase "cultural creatives" to describe a significant segment of the American population that he identified as pioneering, or otherwise contributing to, a newly emergent integralist culture in the United States...
Transmodernism Tusar N Mohapatra 2006
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