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Recent Examples of trailblazing
The film from director Nate Adams, co-produced by Adam Carolla, provides an entertaining and insightful look under the hood of a trailblazing American icon.
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Freep.com, 17 Apr. 2020
Wednesday was Jackie Robinson Day, in honor of the trailblazing black Major League Baseball player.
—Stephanie Toone, ajc, 16 Apr. 2020
She is remembered as a trailblazing black female entrepreneur whose financial independence, business acumen, and philanthropic work will and should never be forgotten.
—Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2020
The Eastmont Branch also plans to host a Girl Power Film Festival on Mondays starting March 2, showing four films featuring inspiring and trailblazing women.
—SFChronicle.com, 3 Mar. 2020
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Freep.com, 17 Apr. 2020
Wednesday was Jackie Robinson Day, in honor of the trailblazing black Major League Baseball player.
—Stephanie Toone, ajc, 16 Apr. 2020
She is remembered as a trailblazing black female entrepreneur whose financial independence, business acumen, and philanthropic work will and should never be forgotten.
—Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 20 Mar. 2020
The Eastmont Branch also plans to host a Girl Power Film Festival on Mondays starting March 2, showing four films featuring inspiring and trailblazing women.
—SFChronicle.com, 3 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trailblazing
Adjective
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But wow, how pioneering that was, a hundred years ago.—
Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
29 Jan. 2026
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Europe came late to Rapa Nui, two centuries after Magellan led a pioneering Spanish expedition across the Pacific in 1521.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Those sanctioned include Iran’s interior minister, senior IRGC commanders, police chiefs, judges from revolutionary courts and cyber officials involved in censorship and surveillance.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Just as those revolutionary murals have sun-bleached and blistered, so the heady jubilation of the students’ victory has become tarnished by infighting and division.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
28 Jan. 2026
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But even at a progressive institution like Antioch, Coretta encountered the quiet betrayal of liberal hypocrisy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Jan. 2026
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But donations from progressive groups have only rarely flowed their way.—
Charles Duhigg,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Trailblazing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trailblazing. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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