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
For decades, the characters in science-fiction movies and TV shows who traveled on spaceships tended to be scientists, explorers, diplomats, soldiers, and pirates.
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
For ocean explorers such as Ballard and his colleagues, finding the Titanic was like climbing Mount Everest for the first time.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
So, this mass misstatement is no help to those erstwhile interstellar explorers.
—Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
The week ends with the moon in Sagittarius, lighting up our inner explorer.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 24 Aug. 2025
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Noel Murray, Vulture, 3 Sep. 2025
For ocean explorers such as Ballard and his colleagues, finding the Titanic was like climbing Mount Everest for the first time.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2025
So, this mass misstatement is no help to those erstwhile interstellar explorers.
—Don Lincoln, Big Think, 29 Aug. 2025
The week ends with the moon in Sagittarius, lighting up our inner explorer.
—Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for explorer
Noun
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Alexander Jabbour is an Engineering Lead at Rilla, an industry pioneer in real-time sales conversation feedback.—
Alexander Jabbour,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Visitors can also stop by the Leonard Reid House, built in 1926 by one of Sarasota’s early Black pioneers, Leonard Reid, or visit the Greater Newtown Historical Gallery, a repository of Newtown history that includes family photo collections and artifacts.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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As a traveler, she's visited destinations such as Hawaii and Mexico, especially loving trips out in nature.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Searches for Christmas and New Year’s getaways show travelers are looking for warm international locales to escape the cold.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Sep. 2025
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The project takes place over the course of a year, showing the preparation required for the arduous experience as the climbers train alongside such prominent figures as Free Solo subject Alex Honnold and renowned adventurer Philip Henderson.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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The globetrotting adventurer was previously portrayed onscreen in two films by Angelina Jolie and in another by Alicia Vikander.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
3 Sep. 2025
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The feeling was nothing short of liberatory, as any maiden voyager who falls under the Dionysian spell of the island will feel.—
Fran Tirado,
Them.,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Explorer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/explorer. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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