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Recent Examples of groundbreaker
Salacious groundbreaker, yes, but a history painter too.
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Post Malone, country music’s latest groundbreaker, has announced Travelin’ Tailgate, a 10-date parking lot party that will take place on select dates of his North American Tour.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
Marcia Hecker, a groundbreaker in childrenswear who worked on both sides of the business simultaneously for decades, died March 2.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
But its new Elite 30 is a groundbreaker with its fresh design and technology.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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Chadd Scott, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
Post Malone, country music’s latest groundbreaker, has announced Travelin’ Tailgate, a 10-date parking lot party that will take place on select dates of his North American Tour.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 4 Mar. 2025
Marcia Hecker, a groundbreaker in childrenswear who worked on both sides of the business simultaneously for decades, died March 2.
—Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
But its new Elite 30 is a groundbreaker with its fresh design and technology.
—Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for groundbreaker
pioneer
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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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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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“Groundbreaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/groundbreaker. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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