pathfinder

Example Sentences

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"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

ESA has long planned its own gravitational-wave observatory, LISA, and has already flown a successful pathfinder.

From Scientific American • Feb. 24, 2022

Diggins arrived the Beijing Games as a leader of the U.S. team, a pathfinder who had showed other American cross-country skiers that they could compete with the Scandinavians who have long dominated the sport.

From New York Times • Feb. 16, 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