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Recent Examples of pathfinder
Three years of brownies, three years girl guides, three years pathfinders.
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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
Roman also carries a coronagraph, a pathfinder instrument that can block out a star’s blinding light to directly photograph planets orbiting around it.
—Grant Tremblay, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
Astronomers have found what could become the first target for a crucial test of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a soon-to-launch observatory that serves as a pathfinder mission for discovering Earth-like worlds around other stars.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
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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
Roman also carries a coronagraph, a pathfinder instrument that can block out a star’s blinding light to directly photograph planets orbiting around it.
—Grant Tremblay, The Conversation, 14 Jan. 2026
Astronomers have found what could become the first target for a crucial test of NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, a soon-to-launch observatory that serves as a pathfinder mission for discovering Earth-like worlds around other stars.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 4 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pathfinder
Noun
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The hidden history of Black explorers There have been many Black explorers in American history.—
Craig Fehrman,
Space.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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With the Orion toilet malfunctioning, the astronauts are resorting to a technique employed by the deep-space explorers of the mid-20th century.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Close has said that sharing a UCLA championship with Meyers Drysdale and other pioneers who paved the way for her program would be special.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
5 Apr. 2026
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In other words, the hybrid pioneer has finally grown up.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Pathfinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathfinder. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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