groundbreaker

Example Sentences

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The difference between the two groundbreakers is that Robinson is more visible and beloved.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2025

Porter said he’s fortunate there were groundbreakers in the industry before him, but sometimes the door was “only open a crack.”

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2021

It’s clear that Jones is experienced in extracting details from the most innocuous letter or interview, fleshing out the lives of cultural groundbreakers we’ve long admired.

From Washington Post • May 10, 2019

So many groundbreakers, trendsetters, but why so few comparisons to the women who have come before her?

From New York Times • Feb. 25, 2016

Stewart and Colbert were groundbreakers, but even they tempered their political edge with ironic distance and a concern for balance.

From Time • Nov. 29, 2