How to Use groundbreaker in a Sentence

groundbreaker

noun

• In many ways, Van Gundy’s 2009 Magic were groundbreakers who opened the door and showed the rest of the league what the future would look like.
  — Mike Bianchi, OrlandoSentinel.com, 3 June 2018
• One of our all-time greats, a groundbreaker as a running back and human being.
  — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
• Hill's new business partner, Rhett Jordan, happens to be a groundbreaker in his own right.
  — Tracy Jan and Fenit Nirappil, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2017
• Hill’s new business partner, Rhett Jordan, happens to be a groundbreaker in his own right.
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 11 June 2017
• Chiney Ogwumike is no stranger to being a groundbreaker.
  — Essence.com, 1 May 2018
• Do newsmakers, groundbreakers and world-class fakers always tell the truth?
  — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2017
• There are so many incredible groundbreakers, rule-breakers, and game-changers who are shaking things up from the ground up.
  — Krystin Arneson, Glamour, 6 Jan. 2019
• As the eponymous groundbreaker, Neeson turns in one of his most charming and layered performances.
  — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
• Kaplan is embracing the challenges that come with being a groundbreaker.
  — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2021
• The groundbreaker here was the Rottefella 6-pin binding.
  — Outside Online, 31 Aug. 2021
• Several described Cardenas, one of the victims, as a groundbreaker who paved the way for women and people of color in the industry.
  — Trevor Hughes, USA TODAY, 31 Dec. 2021
• In honor of Black History Month, here are 10 other groundbreakers.
  — Starr Rocque, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
• Many, many important difficult issues found their way to television thanks to Lear, a true groundbreaker.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2021
• Her status as an athlete, and a groundbreaker, is obvious to everyone.
  — Howard Fendrich, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
• Kevin Cusick’s countdown of the top newsmakers, groundbreakers and world-class fakers looks back on all the pomp and circumstance surrounding Sunday’s rather large football game.
  — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 12 Feb. 2024
• Her appeal as a sympathetic groundbreaker is what drives audiences to roar at her entrance onstage, before she’s even danced a step.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
• Another groundbreaker at this biennale is Sonia Boyce as the first black woman to represent Great Britain.
  — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 26 Apr. 2022
• There's no shortage of groundbreakers among them, including Wade Houston and Eddie Whitehead.
  — The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2023
• Crazy Rich Asians is a groundbreaker for lots of reasons, but having a woman at its center who grows and becomes stronger without compromising her own moral center in the midst of unimaginable glamour is one of them.
  — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 18 Aug. 2018
• Samuel Battle, the first black officer in New York City’s police department, recognized himself as a groundbreaker.
  — oregonlive, 18 June 2020
• Lady Bird Johnson and Betty Ford were both groundbreakers and activists in their own way, leaving impressively lasting legacies.
  — Peter Baker, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Stella McCartney received the groundbreaker award for founding her brand 25 years ago on sustainable principles, when it was still considered a fringe notion.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Sep. 2019
• The film was many things at once: a cultural touchstone, a technological groundbreaker and crackling entertainment.
  — Jason Bailey, New York Times, 11 June 2018
• The Marvel Studios movie was widely credited as a groundbreaker: a blockbuster superhero film featuring a virtually all-Black cast.
  — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2023
• That sense of fundamental change was reinforced by the inauguration as vice president of Kamala Harris, a groundbreaker who became the first woman and first woman of color to be elected to national office.
  — Susan Page, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2021
• Today, Burnett is considered a groundbreaker for women in comedy and the entertainment business.
  — Laura Demarco, cleveland.com, 6 May 2018
• This groundbreaker introduced narrative and stylistic ideas that are still used in TV police procedurals, including a documentary feel, a large ensemble cast, and a focus on moral questions.
  — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Oct. 2022
• Sidney Poitier was another groundbreaker, though in an utterly different realm.
  — William McDonald, New York Times, 29 Dec. 2022
• Abloh was considered a groundbreaker for Black fashion designers, according to fashion industry insiders.
  — Kasim Kabbara, ABC News, 29 Nov. 2021
• Magazine’s 13th annual Innovator Awards along with 6 other cultural groundbreakers on Nov. 1.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 1 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 2 Nov 2024