groundbreaker
Americannoun
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a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
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an original idea, product, or the like that leads to or makes possible further developments, growth, improvements, etc.
Etymology
Origin of groundbreaker
Example Sentences
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Wallace seeks to be known as a championship driver along with a groundbreaker.
From Washington Times • Sep. 1, 2023
Another groundbreaker is the poet and novelist Ana Castillo and her border classic “So Far From God.”
From New York Times • Jun. 14, 2023
Roz Wyman, a groundbreaker herself — in 1953, at 22, she became the youngest person ever elected to the Los Angeles City Council — once reflected on Molina’s “firsts.”
From Seattle Times • May 21, 2023
How do you measure the legacy of someone who is a groundbreaker?
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2022
And the expectation that the title of groundbreaker engenders can weigh down a movie, sometimes fatally.
From Washington Post • Aug. 20, 2021
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