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Recent Examples of pathfinder
Payload will be Blue Origin Blue Ring pathfinder.
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
The Space Development Agency (SDA) launched a batch of prototype missile-tracking and data-relay satellites in 2023, pathfinders for a constellation of hundreds of spacecraft in low-Earth orbit that will begin launching later this year.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
The Rangers serve as scouts, advisers and pathfinders, among other roles.
—Gavin John, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Fixed an issue where the pathfinder line appears in photos taken in Photomode.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2025
The Space Development Agency (SDA) launched a batch of prototype missile-tracking and data-relay satellites in 2023, pathfinders for a constellation of hundreds of spacecraft in low-Earth orbit that will begin launching later this year.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 23 July 2025
The Rangers serve as scouts, advisers and pathfinders, among other roles.
—Gavin John, New York Times, 31 May 2025
Fixed an issue where the pathfinder line appears in photos taken in Photomode.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathfinder
Noun
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The explorers held a small celebration and called their landing spot Point du Mardi Gras.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
8 Jan. 2026
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Venezuela had been known to possess some crude — 15th-century Spanish explorers noticed indigenous people using oil for fires and asphalt to patch their canoes.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
5 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His father, Carl Reiner, was a legendary pioneer in television who created the iconic 1960s comedy, The Dick Van Dyke Show.—
Steve Futterman,
NPR,
7 Jan. 2026
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Chua is often credited as one of the pioneers of modern mixology in Singapore.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Pathfinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathfinder. Accessed 9 Jan. 2026.
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