pathfinders

plural of pathfinder

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Noun
  • By the 1540s, Spanish explorers had named the Philippines after their crown prince, the soon-to-be Philip II, who would reign for almost the entire second half of the 16th century.
    Big Think, Big Think, 29 Oct. 2025
  • But much is unknown about the availability of water ice on the moon, or even what data is missing that could help fine-tune lunar exploration by both robotic probes and human explorers.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This year’s festival is an expansion of the annual Apple Festival of past years, offering insights into the early history of the area, the pioneers who planted apple orchards, games, square dancing, food, music and crafts.
    Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2025
  • For years, crypto in the United States was a largely theoretical project — a parallel financial system led by a community of extremely online pioneers, who believed the future of money lay in computer networks outside the control of governments or central banks.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
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“Pathfinders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pathfinders. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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