pathfinder
Example Sentences
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Shauvin was responsible for flying a Douglas C-47 Skytrain to the Netherlands to deploy pathfinder paratroopers, but the aircraft was shot down as it soared above Belgium and crashed near the village of Retie.
From Seattle Times
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
But in science, private donors often act as pathfinders for government investment in difficult research.
From New York Times
Biographer Washington Irving’s and historian George Bancroft’s accounts doubled down on the myth of Columbus as an American pathfinder.
From Washington Post
SIMPLEx also serves as a pathfinder to investigate the trade-off between cost and risk, Lillis said.
From Scientific American
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