pathfinder

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Recent Examples of pathfinder Besides being a potent technological pathfinder, AeSI could also monitor many stars throughout a sizable swath of the Milky Way. Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Apr. 2026 The landing problem While Artemis II is designed to serve as a pathfinder mission for a moon landing, whether NASA can pull off an actual lunar touchdown this decade has remained in question. Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 27 Feb. 2026 Three years of brownies, three years girl guides, three years pathfinders. Outside Online, 11 Feb. 2026 One tool developed by The Modern Elder Academy is a pathfinder quiz that identifies eight types of midlife paths. Allison Aubrey, NPR, 9 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for pathfinder
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Noun
  • Hotel Lucia is best-suited for the city explorers and culturally curious—travelers who like to get out and about and get around by foot, not rot in their rooms all day.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • The South Unit's badlands, deep-cut canyons, and sandy hoodoos allow modern explorers to see the allure of a wild North Dakota.
    Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • William Arruda is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and personal branding pioneer.
    William Arruda, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • Your mother, heroically, became a warrior and a frontierswoman, an explorer, a pioneer.
    Taiye Selasi, New Yorker, 31 May 2026

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“Pathfinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathfinder. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.

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