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as in pioneer
a person or group that originates new concepts, styles, and techniques
The Beatles are recognized as some of the greatest trailblazers of rock music.
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as in colonist
a person who settles in a new region
The Mayflower brought with it a group of European trailblazers, determined to make a home of that land dubbed "New England."
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Recent Examples of trailblazer
Al Ansari has been a trailblazer in the Emirates throughout his career.
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 June 2025
Bridget Crocker is a trailblazer in women’s empowerment within the outdoor industry.
—Bridget Crocker
june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
Bassett is a trailblazer in her industry, consistently starring in films with exponential critical and commercial success.
—Essence, 3 June 2025
There was no single issue bonding together these early trailblazers other than a desire to offer an alternative view on clubs whose media coverage was largely restricted to the back page of the local newspaper and a rather staid, flimsy matchday programme.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 June 2025
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Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 19 June 2025
Bridget Crocker is a trailblazer in women’s empowerment within the outdoor industry.
—Bridget Crocker
june 6, Literary Hub, 6 June 2025
Bassett is a trailblazer in her industry, consistently starring in films with exponential critical and commercial success.
—Essence, 3 June 2025
There was no single issue bonding together these early trailblazers other than a desire to offer an alternative view on clubs whose media coverage was largely restricted to the back page of the local newspaper and a rather staid, flimsy matchday programme.
—Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 7 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trailblazer
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Additional investors include Fred Moll, the cofounder of Intuitive Surgical and pioneer of robotic surgery, who has joined the company’s strategic advisory board.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The Mughal Empire’s hunger for land taxes, for instance, drove an assault on eastern India’s forests in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which redistributed land to pioneer cultivators willing to undertake that work of settlement.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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The community’s festive send-off identifies this as an important rite of passage, though the gatekeeper reminds Spike that no rescuers or search parties will be sent after colonists that fail to return.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2025
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For most white Americans, and especially enslavers, the white colonists of Saint Domingue experiencing these changes were a focus of racial empathy.—
Time,
Time,
9 June 2025
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Our relationship brings to mind explorer Phyllis Munday who, along with her husband Don, climbed many peaks in the southern Coast Mountains and elsewhere across British Columbia between the 1910s and the 1940s.—
Sarah Boon
June 25,
Literary Hub,
25 June 2025
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Cooper Creek, named somewhat erroneously by early British explorer Charles Sturt, is hardly a creek.—
Angus Watson,
CNN Money,
25 June 2025
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“Trailblazer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trailblazer. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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