pioneering work

collocation in English

meaningsofpioneeringandwork

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pioneering
adjective
uk
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪə.rɪŋ/
us
/ˌpaɪəˈnɪr.ɪŋ/
using ideas and methods that have never been ...
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work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/
us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofpioneeringandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpioneering work

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He has shaped the field through his fundamental andpioneeringwork, work that is conceptually profound, and much of it also mathematically deep.
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This article is at once a tribute to hispioneeringwork, and an acknowledgement of my interest in his subtle and sometimes dreamlike repertoire.
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Chang 1977 is thepioneeringworkon banbenxue.
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These are perhaps typical weaknesses of apioneeringwork.
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Thispioneeringworkwas partly made possible by the continental discourse on human rights and democracy.
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Both scientists were recognized for theirpioneeringworkin the field of fusion research.
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This is also related to the composer'spioneeringworkwith granular sound representations and nonstandard methods of sound synthesis.
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And all of us have been inspired by hispioneeringworkon graph processes in general, and scale-free graphs in particular.
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Furthermore, befitting its status as apioneeringwork, parts of the original book were summaries of previous research findings (often by the author) and prolegomena for further research.
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Although these claims werepioneeringwork, they are problematic insofar as their hieroglyphic evidence did not match the established definition of emblem glyphs.
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This paradigm has a long history, but despite several notable pieces ofpioneeringworksupporting the concept, it has not enjoyed unequivocal acceptance.
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The article gives a short description ofpioneeringworkin lexicultural pragmatics in the deliberately selected area of everyday culture.
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He ledpioneeringworkon the economics of exhaustible resources in several path-breaking analyses.
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He has donepioneeringworkin rational choice theory and social and political theory.
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Theirpioneeringworkled to research not only on the beneficial effects of sensitive caregiving but also on the adverse consequences of negative parenting for children's anxiety.
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Most modern works generally give it a ritual + condescending and disdainful + mention, condemning its failure to preserve collective security while perfunctorily acknowledging itspioneeringworkin 'functional' international co-operation.
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Szentágothai didpioneeringworkin describing synaptic glomeruli, also known as encapsulated synapses.
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