as in pioneers
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 explorers
In this demo expedition, his group deployed hyper-tech robotic explorers to map a lava tube on a Mars analog site, in the Spanish Canary Islands, which, like the Hawaiian archipelago, were produced via a series of volcanic eruptions.
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Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The sight of Morro Rock has greeted countless visitors to this part of California’s Central Coast for centuries, from the European explorers who came to the area enticed by its calm waters, to the modern-day surfers who ride the swells that break outside the bay.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
That is on the lower end of the range spectrum for explorers, but more than enough for transatlantic voyages.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
For decades, the characters in science-fiction movies and TV shows who traveled on spaceships tended to be scientists, explorers, diplomats, soldiers, and pirates.
—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
Two married sea-explorers are stranded, Gilligan-style, after a storm shipwrecks their craft.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
These robotic explorers have uncovered fascinating details about Martian soil, climate, and even organic molecules.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Kevin Holden Platt, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The sight of Morro Rock has greeted countless visitors to this part of California’s Central Coast for centuries, from the European explorers who came to the area enticed by its calm waters, to the modern-day surfers who ride the swells that break outside the bay.
—Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
That is on the lower end of the range spectrum for explorers, but more than enough for transatlantic voyages.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025
For decades, the characters in science-fiction movies and TV shows who traveled on spaceships tended to be scientists, explorers, diplomats, soldiers, and pirates.
—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
Two married sea-explorers are stranded, Gilligan-style, after a storm shipwrecks their craft.
—Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
These robotic explorers have uncovered fascinating details about Martian soil, climate, and even organic molecules.
—Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for explorers
Noun
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Often overshadowed by their male counterparts, these artists–including Elaine de Kooning, Lee Krasner, and Joan Mitchell–were pioneers in their own right.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Then with the [SF drag pioneers of the late ‘60s] the Cockettes and the Angels of Light [communal theater].—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Which is a problem, given how few travelers actually think about their safety at the airport.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
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Underneath the stark floodlights streamed a procession of weary travelers in T-shirts and jeans, reaching into the bottom of a white coach bus for their oversize duffel bags.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
13 Sep. 2025
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