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as in pioneer
a person or group that originates new concepts, styles, and techniques
The Beatles are recognized as some of the greatest trailblazers of rock music.
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as in colonist
a person who settles in a new region
The Mayflower brought with it a group of European trailblazers, determined to make a home of that land dubbed "New England."
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Recent Examples of trailblazer
While her law-enforcement work ended 20 years ago, she is recognized as a trailblazer and still brings a lawyerly mindset to TV segments, Fox staffers said.
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Clark arrived in California several years ago to further her career, according to her family, who called her a trailblazer and inspiration.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The first concert event for the three-month BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! series will take place June 9 with performances by the trailblazers at Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
Hip-Hop trailblazers Salt-N-Pepa are taking on one of the music industry’s most powerful entities, Universal Music Group (UMG), in a legal battle over the rights to their master recordings.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 May 2025
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Brian Stelter, CNN Money, 9 May 2025
Clark arrived in California several years ago to further her career, according to her family, who called her a trailblazer and inspiration.
—Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
The first concert event for the three-month BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! series will take place June 9 with performances by the trailblazers at Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park.
—Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 7 May 2025
Hip-Hop trailblazers Salt-N-Pepa are taking on one of the music industry’s most powerful entities, Universal Music Group (UMG), in a legal battle over the rights to their master recordings.
—Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trailblazer
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Consistent with his other boutiques, the space’s interior incorporates marble and terrazzo, paired with furnishings by celebrated artists like French Art Deco pioneer Jacques Adnet, American designer Edward Wormley and American woodworker and architect George Nakashima.—
Ryma Chikhoune,
Footwear News,
30 May 2025
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The film explores transgender identity and legacy, chronicling the divergent paths of iconic pioneers April Ashley, Amanda Lear and others.—
Ryan Schwartz,
TVLine,
30 May 2025
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Drawing upon the ongoing 250th anniversary of the beginning of the American Revolutionary War, Trump shared the names and ages of a few of the colonists killed at the 1775 battle of Lexington and Concord, which marked the start of the colonialists' revolt against British rule.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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The act’s most controversial reform, however, was expanding the official boundary of Quebec to the Ohio River Valley, which conflicted with prominent American colonists’ property interests and their hopes of expanding on the Western frontier.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 May 2025
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In February 2006, a cave explorer near Albany, New York, took the first photograph of bats with a mysterious white growth on their faces.—
Lillian Ali,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 May 2025
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As a world explorer for over 45 years, Dobson has visited more than 90 countries and is highly experienced in exotic travel and extreme luxury adventures.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2025
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“Trailblazer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trailblazer. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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