Benetton was a pioneer in this instance: The company is well-known for the ad campaigns that it ran in the 80s and 90s, dealing with issues such as HIV/Aids, migration and the death penalty.
For instance, Stormfront.org, a pioneering hate site, was started as a bulletin board in 1990.
But the real author of the letters (in the first instance, anyway) was Christopher Strachey, a pioneering programmer.
So, for instance, a pioneer in the space, Verisart, has brought blockchain certification of high art to leading galleries worldwide, and other players are now entering this growing market.
Mark Gonzales, for instance – a pioneer of modern street skating, and an artist himself – discovered Johnson's work in 2006.
The PlanetSolar is a pioneering experiment.
It's not a pioneering vehicle.
In a pioneering study, Robinson et al.
This was a pioneering effort, even globally.
In 1995, for instance, PSINet was a pioneer in offering unlimited Internet service at a fixed monthly fee to consumers across the nation.
Indeed, Dr. Kazuo Inamori, the founder of Kyocera, for instance, has been a pioneer in this respect.
