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pathfinder

[path-fahyn-der, pahth‑] / ˈpæθˌfaɪn dər, ˈpɑθ‑ /










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The first launch will send Blue Origin's lander pathfinder into orbit, where it can remain for several weeks while waiting for the crew.

From Science Daily Jun. 11, 2026

Sarah Murphy, Welsh minister for mental health and wellbeing, said women's health pathfinder hubs are expected to come online "in the next few months" building on existing services to "create a tertiary level support".

From BBC Dec. 3, 2025

"The fact that it can is a major breakthrough because this is now a pathfinder project for similar projects in Europe."

From Reuters Aug. 29, 2022

“I do see this as a pathfinder for how we can help facilitate commercial missions beyond Earth,” Mr. Baker said.

From New York Times Jun. 26, 2022

I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

That is where it will rendezvous and dock with the prototype lunar landers, called pathfinders.

From BBC Jun. 9, 2026

But we also need to celebrate the many pathfinders who made this historic mission possible.

From New York Times May 13, 2019

This was a night for powerful women and pathfinders like Burnett and Close.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 7, 2019

Bit by bit, McClellan, Tarter and other historians and lawmakers are highlighting the names and deeds of those early African American pathfinders.

From Washington Post Mar. 26, 2018

We've done so much together up here, we ought to be pathfinders together, too.

From The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains or Bessie King's Strange Adventure by Jane L. Stewart




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