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Definition of Pathbreaking
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pathbreaking
Literary usage of Pathbreaking
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... and it is strikingly illustrative of the value of Haupt's pathbreaking labors
that all subsequent phonetic and grammatical work in Sumerian has only ..."
2. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"[Section 501 is the 1980 Oversight Act.] 22 As pathbreaking as Hughes-Ryan was
at the time, its omissions are at least as important as its coverage for ..."
3. Defense Conversion: Redirecting R&D by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"These programs depart from ARPA's traditional mode of supporting the development
of new, pathbreaking technologies through contracts with universities and ..."
4. Making Things Better: Competing in Manufacturing (1993)
"... and to a lesser extent for other forms of ATV, look to be pathbreaking, and
could have significant spillovers to other electronics applications.96 ..."
5. Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 by Guy Stanton Ford (1922)
"... Berlin and to the composition of his pathbreaking work in Roman history.
Stein regarded the measures of Hardenberg more leniently than did his former ..."
6. Stein and the Era of Reform in Prussia, 1807-1815 by Guy Stanton Ford (1922)
"II founded University of Berlin and to the composition of his pathbreaking work
in Roman history. Stein regarded the measures of Hardenberg more leniently ..."
7. Opportunity 2000: Creative Affirmative Action Strategies for a Changing (1988)
"... present were described in the Hudson Institute's pathbreaking study, Workforce
2000.z American businesses now and for the remainder of the 20th Century ..."