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Recent Examples of groundbreaker
The Gulf War was a groundbreaker in terms of news coverage.
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Others honored during the evening were Riley Green (honored with the groundbreaker award), Ella Langley (rising star award), BigXThaPlug (innovator award), Little Big Town (the inaugural Ben Vaughn song champion award) and Goldenvoice/AEG’s Stacy Vee (executive of the year).
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 June 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
Salacious groundbreaker, yes, but a history painter too.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 19 June 2025
Others honored during the evening were Riley Green (honored with the groundbreaker award), Ella Langley (rising star award), BigXThaPlug (innovator award), Little Big Town (the inaugural Ben Vaughn song champion award) and Goldenvoice/AEG’s Stacy Vee (executive of the year).
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 5 June 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
Salacious groundbreaker, yes, but a history painter too.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for groundbreaker
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Past winners of the Nobel physics prize include some of the most influential figures in the history of science, such as Albert Einstein, Pierre and Marie Curie, Max Planck and Niels Bohr, himself a pioneer of quantum theory.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
7 Oct. 2025
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The character is Marty Mauser, loosely inspired by real-life Jewish American tennis table pioneer Marty Reisman, who died in 2012.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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Versace will join forces with the Latin American Fashion awards to honor and champion the most visionary designers, artists and cultural innovators from across Latin America and its global diaspora.—
Lisa Lockwood,
Footwear News,
10 Oct. 2025
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With a new revolution in mind, Pangaia is the latest label to get in bed with material innovators solving for fashion’s tenacious fossil-fuel habit.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Groundbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundbreaker. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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