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n. - The ceremony formally marking the beginning of a construction project adj. - Being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before.

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  • Mrs. Obama said she was thrilled by passage of what she described as a groundbreaking piece of legislation.
  • Adams Golf has introduced what it calls a groundbreaking line-up of products drivers and hybrid-fairway woods.
  • I guess being groundbreaking is not the same as being good.
  • But Serena, whose game — and outfits — are groundbreaking, is just 21.
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