pathbreaking
Americanadjective
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pertaining to blazing a trail or path.
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pioneering; innovative.
Example Sentences
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A pathbreaking European banking merger is meanwhile gathering steam.
From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026
Judy Pace, a pathbreaking model and star of “blaxploitation” films who appeared in television shows through the 1960s and ’70s and the hit made-for-TV movie “Brian’s Song,” died last week at age 83.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
In 1921 he fashioned a pathbreaking reorganization of Goodyear, but the plan put Dillon in control while sticking the manufacturer with high interest payments.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
Sir Jony worked for Apple for more than 30 years, helping to revive the company with pathbreaking products including the iPhone and iPod.
From BBC • May 21, 2025
Einstein’s earlier pathbreaking work on the photoelectric effect suggested strongly that light was composed of a stream of “light quanta,” or particles.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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