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The Gulf War was a groundbreaker in terms of news coverage.—Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025 This groundbreaker emphasized hiring, mentoring, and promoting Black talent and women—from the factory floor to the C-suite—when few corporate doors were open.—Jason Wingard, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025 The maneuvering needed to reach that moment had already made Nomo a groundbreaker, pitting the player and his agent, Don Nomura, against Japan’s baseball establishment.—Evan Drellich, New York Times, 2 May 2025 World of Warcraft, a groundbreaker in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) genre, was made into a movie.—Chris Hewish, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for groundbreaker
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