pathfinder
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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
Officials hope to pass the legislation to make police mergers more straightforward in this parliament and to get through at least one "pathfinder" merger before the next election.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2026
"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
This mission, called CAPSTONE, is meant to serve as a pathfinder.
From The Verge ● Jun. 28, 2022
Peter went on ahead, our pathfinder as usual, while I led Marlene, with Karli riding up on her, all of us knowing we owed our lives to that extraordinary and wonderful lady.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
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During the coldest months, icebreakers keep Finland's ports open, and work as pathfinders for big cargo ships.
From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026
But in science, private donors often act as pathfinders for government investment in difficult research.
From New York Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
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