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break new ground

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break new ground
Fig. to begin to do something that no one else has done; to pioneer [in an enterprise]. Dr. Anderson was breaking new ground in cancer research. They were breaking new ground in consumer electronics.
See also: break, ground, new

break new ground 
1. to do something that is different to anything that has been done before We're breaking new ground in television comedy. You'll never have seen anything like this before.
2. to discover new information about a subject So are scientists breaking new ground in their quest to discover what causes the disease?
See also: break, ground, new


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Clara Miller, president & CEO, Nonprofit Finance Fund, said, "NFF now will break new ground by adding a new equity-like product to our offerings.
NEXGEN offers balers that produce cost-saving results because the company's designers, engineers and fabricators design, test and build machines that break new ground in baling technology.
The first ionomer-based TPE is expected to break new ground for durable TPEs in more demanding consumer and automotive applications.
 
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