(n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
(n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
(v. t. & i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
Example Sentences:
(1) It is the combination of his company's pan-African and industrialist vision – reminiscent of the aspirations of African independence pioneers like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah – and its relentless financial growth that has set Dangote apart.
(2) Pioneers (41% of Britons) are global, networked, like innovation and believe in the importance of ethics.
(3) That's right, centuries of political columnists owe their careers to the pioneering efforts of Davy, Davy Crockett, the king of the wild frontier.
(4) Deputy Commissioner Catherine Burn ran the counter-terrorism operation under Task Force Pioneer, which was led by assistant commissioner Mark Murdoch, who reports to Burn.
(5) In this article the results of studies on the relationship between anaphylaxis and CNS, performed by both pioneers and contemporary investigators, are briefly reviewed.
(6) For example, where 2 longitudinal tracts are pioneered independently in grasshopper, only one is formed in Drosophila.
(7) At a time when the intrauterine diagnosis of hydrocephalus is commonplace and pioneering efforts of antenatal therapy are evolving, review of the chronology of treatment of this disorder becomes pertinent.
(8) Since acetylcholine (ACh) was identified as a neurotransmitter at parasympathetic nerve terminals by pioneering pharmacologists such as O. Schmiedeberg, R. Hunt, O. Loewi and H.H.
(9) The road to gaining nearly 1.2 billion monthly active users has seen the mums, dads, aunts and uncles of the generation who pioneered Facebook join it too, spamming their walls with inspirational quotes and images of cute animals, and (shock, horror) commenting on their kids' photos.
(10) But Olney wanted to be an artist and he set off for Paris, where he found himself a garret in which he could make portraits and a new life among friends, lovers and acquaintances that included the black American writer and civil rights pioneer James Baldwin, WH Auden and, distantly, Edith Piaf, whom he saw sing Je ne Regrette Rien for the first time at the Olympia theatre.
(11) He was a pioneer sexologist, demographer, and sportsman and an early Zionist.
(12) Their pioneering studies led to the continuing discoveries of antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and today's considerable knowledge concerning the molecular identity of antigens and further consolidation of ANA.
(13) The move signals a change for Democrats , who have traditionally shied away from gun control in a state with a pioneer tradition of gun ownership.
(14) Seven health habits, commonly referred to as the "Alameda 7," were shown to be associated with physical health status and mortality in a pioneer longitudinal study initiated in 1965 in Alameda County, CA.
(15) In a speech to the United Nations , Hu will declare that China is ready to pioneer a new low-carbon path of development, make a commitment to increase forest cover and pledge financial support for poorer nations to adapt to global warming, according to a source close to his delegation.
(16) Their growth cones pioneer a stereotyped pathway through the limb which becomes the route of one of the major leg nerve trunks.
(17) Just as the National Institute for Care and Health Excellence was the global pioneer for assessing new drugs and treatments in the last decade, London should become the pioneer for digital health technology assessments in the decade ahead.
(18) We, in the infection control field, are quality pioneers in hospitals.
(19) It is widely accepted that Sir James Young Simpson discovered the anaesthetic properties of chloroform and pioneered its application in surgery and midwifery.
(20) From its earliest days, Facebook has navigated – even pioneered – the territory around privacy, and how we express our personal identities online.
Teetotal
Definition:
(a.) Entire; total.
Example Sentences:
(1) Famously ascetic, teetotal and vegetarian, he meditates, practises yoga and shuns the trappings of office.
(2) The Liberals had been the party not of teetotalism (no party led by Asquith could have made such a claim) but of temperance.
(3) We're all familiar with the classic noir detective – fresh-faced, clean living and teetotal, with his wholesome family life and penchant for golf and the Sunday roast … oh, wait a minute.
(4) On the poop deck of a party boat puttering slowly out into the Adriatic stands a gently balding and teetotal Canadian in studious specs and sandals.
(5) Apparently, he used to be straight-edge: "hyper-moral", as he puts it, teetotal, vegan.
(6) Goertz has cited Trump’s lifelong teetotalism as securing her vote.
(7) It is difficult to imagine that the team Adams broke into (which contained Charlie Nicholas, Kenny Sansom and several other players who were not, it is probably fair to say, teetotal bibliophiles) would have been terribly sympathetic to the character that has emerged since his treatment for alcohol addiction four years ago.
(8) Flaubert was a disappointed romantic who embraced realism like a drinker embraces teetotalism: his "realism" was less a social exposure than a quasi-scientific exactitude, peeling away everything that was not "true": "Poetry," he claimed, "is as precise as geometry."
(9) Teetotal Trump, according to Bloomberg journalists who by chance found themselves on the next table , celebrated with a virgin Bloody Mary and a $36 (£29) burger and fries.
(10) Not far away Stephen Edau, 19, head boy and teetotal father of two, dreams of becoming a doctor but wishes his mother would give up making the hooch that helps pay for his education.
(11) But once or twice he may have regretted his decision to go teetotal.
(12) Jimmy Carter , the teetotal former president of the United States, has hailed an award of money that helps secure the legacy of one of his heroes – the wildly alcoholic genius Dylan Thomas.
(13) The MPs were given the impression that Cameron was going out of his way to lay on the charm by allowing his children to play among the guests as drinks, including non-alcoholic ones for the teetotal drinkers, were served.
(14) Or it appears,” he corrects himself, “they are a bunch of crooks.” When the pair attended a meeting in February, Dyke had been teetotal since New Year’s Day.
(15) Additionally, 8 male patients with chronic alcoholism (group II) who were normolipemic under alcohol abuse, and 7 male patients (group II) who had also produced type-V HLP under chronic alcohol abuse, but were teetotal since at least 6 months, were investigated.
(16) At a rate that suggests I need to go teetotal for the remainder of my days.
(17) In the French tradition, that's about as much as we know of her private life, apart from the fact that she is teetotal, vegetarian and a fanatical swimmer who will stay only in hotels that have pools.
(18) The pre-prom pre-load Brave parents who can afford it may offer a pre-prom get-together for their son or daughter's friends, as well as their parents, providing lots of photo opportunites (under a tasteful balloon arch, naturally) plus the chance for 16-year-olds to discreetly preload a bit of alcohol before the strictly teetotal prom.
(19) Some months before, a sign that not all was well with the guitarist (who in those days coped with the pressures by drinking heavily, unlike the teetotal, running-and-white-tea regime he adopts now) came when he drove his car into a wall and was lucky to escape alive.
(20) The typical image of a yoga teacher is a vegan, teetotal Buddhist, but I'm partial to a kebab after the pub.