"ground-breaking" meaning in English

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          "text": "ground-breaking technology"
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          "ref": "2019 November 20, Philip Haigh, “A prestigious institution”, in Rail, page 69",
          "text": "There were papers such as John Aspinall's presidential address about his ground-breaking work on railway electrification in 1909 [...].",
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        "innovative, different than other things of its type."
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        "(idiomatic) innovative, different than other things of its type."
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          "ref": "1960 August 2, Bert T. Combs, “GROUND BREAKING FOR KENTUCKY POWER COMPANY PLANT Louisa”, in George W. Robinson, editor, The Public Papers of Governor Bert T. Combs: 1959–1963, published 2014, page 118",
          "text": "I HAVE had a hand in numerous ground breakings and ribbon cuttings, but never before have I approached one with the eagerness and enthusiasm that I possess for today's ceremony.",
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          "ref": "1997, Eugene H. Peterson, Jim Lyster, John Sharon, Subversive Spirituality, page 149",
          "text": "At anniversaries and graduations, ground breakings and inaugurations — the various community occasions when achievements are recognized and ventures launched […]",
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          "ref": "2007, John R. Logan, Harvey Luskin Molotch, Harvey Molotch, Urban Fortunes: The Political Economy of Place, page 81",
          "text": "Union executives are available for ceremonial celebrations of growth (ribbon cuttings, announcements of government contracts, urban redevelopment ground breakings).",
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        "A ceremony marking the commencement of construction of a road, bridge, or building."
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "innovative",
          "word": "uraauurtava"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "innovative",
          "word": "bahnbrechend"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "innovaciónnyj",
          "sense": "innovative",
          "word": "инновацио́нный"
        },
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "innovative",
          "word": "rompedor"
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        },
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      "sense": "innovative",
      "word": "uraauurtava"
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