Thesaurus results for PATHFINDER

pathfinder

noun

as in explorer

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Recent Examples of pathfinder 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 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 See All Example Sentences for pathfinder

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Noun

The modern name comes from the Russian explorer who first formally identified them.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2026
Brace for record 'sargassum summer' Scientists at USF, using satellite data, have been finding record masses of sargassum seaweed floating in the waters near Florida in recent years, way beyond what early Spanish explorers likely saw.

— Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2026