Thesaurus results for EXPLORER

explorer

noun

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 Following the land's closure, Wonders of Life became an alluring target for intrepid — and often unlawful — urban explorers, including those looking to make a quick buck. —

Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 17 May 2026 The technology could also support missions to Neptune and Triton, long-duration probes studying outer planet moons, and future Kuiper Belt explorers traveling farther than New Horizons. —

Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 May 2026 White-nose syndrome spreads primarily through bat-to-bat contact, though humans also contribute to the spread when cave explorers carry the fungus from one cave to another. —

The Conversation, Fortune, 14 May 2026 The animals were native to northern Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, and their ancestors were brought to North America by explorers. —

Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for explorer

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Busch and his wife Samantha, were pioneers in discussing infertility and their struggle to have children before bringing son Brexton and daughter Lennix into the world.

— Dianne Gallagher, CNN Money, 23 May 2026
The exhibition, a collaboration with Paris’s Musée Yves Saint Laurent and Fondation Pierre Bergé–Yves Saint Laurent, makes the case that part of the French pioneer’s expertise included understanding the value of a good picture.

— Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 22 May 2026