groundbreaker

Example Sentences

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Roz Wyman, a groundbreaker herself — in 1953, at 22, she became the youngest person ever elected to the Los Angeles City Council — once reflected on Molina’s “firsts.”

From Seattle Times • May 21, 2023

The show already had proved a groundbreaker at this year’s Screen Actors Guild, where Lee and Jung received the first guild acting trophies for a non-English language show.

From Washington Times • Jul. 12, 2022

How do you measure the legacy of someone who is a groundbreaker?

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2022

And the expectation that the title of groundbreaker engenders can weigh down a movie, sometimes fatally.

From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021

Quietly, she was a groundbreaker, even early in her career.

From New York Times • May 12, 2021