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
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.
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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
Sitting inside a vehicle, explorers redefined heroism around mastery of machines and self.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 May 2026
Led by British explorer John Franklin, the expedition involved two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 7 May 2026
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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
Sitting inside a vehicle, explorers redefined heroism around mastery of machines and self.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 May 2026
Led by British explorer John Franklin, the expedition involved two ships, the HMS Erebus and the HMS Terror.
—Tom Metcalfe, Scientific American, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explorer
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Across the cage stood MMA pioneer Gina Carano, the original mainstream face of women’s MMA and the opponent fans spent years fantasy-booking against Rousey during the peak of both careers.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Ben Johnson’s Bears are pioneers in the field of loopy comebacks.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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The remote terminal essentially moves the security screening process from the actual airport to the new facility, allowing travelers to check themselves and their bags and get on a bus that drops them off right at their airport gate, 23 miles away.—
Aaron Parseghian,
CBS News,
19 May 2026
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Chipmunks chitter around the bald summit as travelers marvel at the vast panorama unfurling at their feet.—
Shilo Urban,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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Eliastam was met by fellow adventurer Andy Dorantes and members of ALE.—
David Chiu,
PEOPLE,
4 May 2026
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Around that time, a celebrity biologist and adventurer named Robert Marc Lehmann showed up in a gray-camouflage wetsuit.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Murphy, the traditional voyager, is Native Hawaiian.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
1 Apr. 2026
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But in a Netflix carousel of hourlong specials, Morgan looks like a voyager from somewhere else entirely.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Explorer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explorer. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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