groundbreaker

Example Sentences

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“Louis was a groundbreaker, a brilliant, kind man, and an incendiary presence on screen. Each of us was lucky to have him.”

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Wallace seeks to be known as a championship driver along with a groundbreaker.

From Washington Times • Sep. 1, 2023

Sidney Poitier was another groundbreaker, though in an utterly different realm.

From New York Times • Dec. 29, 2022

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

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2022

Her appeal as a sympathetic groundbreaker is what drives audiences to roar at her entrance onstage, before she’s even danced a step.

From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2022