as in pioneer
someone who is the first to do something or be somewhere The deep-sea explorer set out to discover shipwrecks long lost to history.
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Recent Examples of explorer Parades, celebratory banquets and question-and-answer sessions with local students awaited space explorers who visited the city. —
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 While domesticated pigs were sustainable, low-maintenance food sources, TPWD notes the pigs were left behind as explorers moved across the continent, thus leading to those pigs becoming feral. —Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 On the Lagoon side, Casa Amate, a four-room imagination of a traditional explorer’s family home, is worth a reservation. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026 During the mission, the crew flew farther into space than past lunar explorers, capturing rare views of the moon's far side and witnessing a total solar eclipse. —Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for explorer
Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 16 Apr. 2026 While domesticated pigs were sustainable, low-maintenance food sources, TPWD notes the pigs were left behind as explorers moved across the continent, thus leading to those pigs becoming feral. —Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026 On the Lagoon side, Casa Amate, a four-room imagination of a traditional explorer’s family home, is worth a reservation. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Apr. 2026 During the mission, the crew flew farther into space than past lunar explorers, capturing rare views of the moon's far side and witnessing a total solar eclipse. —Shafiq Najib, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for explorer
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Though ostracized in their time, people who resisted internment are now seen as civil-rights pioneers.— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2026
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The artist, lawyer and running pioneer unveiled her self-portrait in bronze alongside the Hopkinton Town Green this spring — the first statue of a woman on the historic route to Boston.— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2026
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Some travelers have even tucked it under the headrest of the seat in front of them (with the passenger’s permission).— Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 21 Apr. 2026
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Supporters argue the change would simplify travel and reduce confusion for passengers, as baggage policies vary widely between airlines, with some travelers welcoming the idea of standardized rules.— Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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The result is an often exhilarating, often disturbing and always poignant tale of an artist and adventurer who lived to challenge the limits of what humans could do.— Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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His journey to becoming a businessman, father, adventurer, esteemed surfboard shaper, and legendary surfer – he was featured on the cover of Surfer magazine in 1962 and has a spot on Surfing Walk of Fame in Huntington Beach – began as a student at the University of South Dakota.— Michelle Breier, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
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Murphy, the traditional voyager, is Native Hawaiian.— ABC News, ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
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But in a Netflix carousel of hourlong specials, Morgan looks like a voyager from somewhere else entirely.— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 4 Nov. 2025
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