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pathfinder

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










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After completing those activities, Orion will separate and wait for SpaceX's Starship pathfinder.

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

"We set high standards, it can be a pathfinder, it can be a test-bed that we do together before it is expanded to the broader region," he said.

From Reuters ● Oct. 14, 2023

This mission, called CAPSTONE, is meant to serve as a pathfinder.

From The Verge ● Jun. 28, 2022

Basil Stag Hare, camouflage expert and foot fighter, in the lead; Jess Squirrel, champion climber and pathfinder, close behind him.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

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

Many refugees are using apps as pathfinders, devices to show them the best—or least dangerous— way west.

From Time ● Oct. 8, 2015

And now his pathfinders were giving their reports.

From When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt




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