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pathfinder

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










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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

"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

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

I was a guide, a pathfinder, an original settler.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald




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