as in pioneer
someone who is the first to do something or be somewhere
The deep-sea explorer set out to discover shipwrecks long lost to history.
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Recent Examples of explorer
Soon, the booming fur trade was the main economy of New France, with Mackinac Island serving as a summer rendezvous point for explorers and traders; Jesuit missionaries also briefly established a French mission on the island.
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Some of the exhibits the museum offers include imagination playground, technology center, adventures in engineering, science lab and makerspace, wacky weather wonders, animal exploration, sound around us and young explorers.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2025
In the meantime, the historic building has appeared to deteriorate both inside and out and has become an object of fascination for urban explorers who scout the conditions within.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
That is because the robotic explorer named after the esteemed British chemist was set to feature several components supplied by NASA.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 June 2025
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Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 June 2025
Some of the exhibits the museum offers include imagination playground, technology center, adventures in engineering, science lab and makerspace, wacky weather wonders, animal exploration, sound around us and young explorers.
—Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2025
In the meantime, the historic building has appeared to deteriorate both inside and out and has become an object of fascination for urban explorers who scout the conditions within.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2025
That is because the robotic explorer named after the esteemed British chemist was set to feature several components supplied by NASA.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 12 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explorer
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Additional investors include Fred Moll, the cofounder of Intuitive Surgical and pioneer of robotic surgery, who has joined the company’s strategic advisory board.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The Mughal Empire’s hunger for land taxes, for instance, drove an assault on eastern India’s forests in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which redistributed land to pioneer cultivators willing to undertake that work of settlement.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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If the pattern holds, travelers could soon be marking their calendars for the tiger shark aggregation on Okaloosa Island.—
Joe Sills,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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The nightmare comes as travelers gear up for the holiday weekend.—
Julia Bonavita,
FOXNews.com,
1 July 2025
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From the extremely drab future of 2176, three adventurers are sent back in time to July 4, 1776 but mistakenly land in the year 1976.—
Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
27 June 2025
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Hikers, climbers, skiers and outdoor adventurers err and put themselves in danger.—
Kristina Karisch,
The Hill,
24 June 2025
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“Explorer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explorer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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