How to Use groundbreaker in a Sentence

groundbreaker

noun
  • And that's like a groundbreaker too.
    — Emily Elias, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Feb. 2026
  • One of our all-time greats, a groundbreaker as a running back and human being.
    — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 July 2023
  • Do newsmakers, groundbreakers and world-class fakers always tell the truth?
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 16 Jan. 2017
  • Do newsmakers, groundbreakers and world-class fakers always tell the truth?
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 1 Mar. 2017
  • Kaplan is embracing the challenges that come with being a groundbreaker.
    — Matt Wyatt, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Feb. 2021
  • 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
  • Inez Jackson was a true San Jose groundbreaker.
    — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 19 May 2026
  • 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
  • But its new Elite 30 is a groundbreaker with its fresh design and technology.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Every great festival lineup needs an eccentric art-pop groundbreaker and some loutish guys who write anthems.
    — Al Shipley, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Her status as an athlete, and a groundbreaker, is obvious to everyone.
    — Howard Fendrich, ajc, 9 Aug. 2022
  • As the eponymous groundbreaker, Neeson turns in one of his most charming and layered performances.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Many, many important difficult issues found their way to television thanks to Lear, a true groundbreaker.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2021
  • The company has been a groundbreaker in Spain for publishing its supplier lists, which shed light on its production footprint.
    — Sharon Edelson, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026
  • 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
  • In honor of Black History Month, here are 10 other groundbreakers.
    — Starr Rocque, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • Marcia Hecker, a groundbreaker in childrenswear who worked on both sides of the business simultaneously for decades, died March 2.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 3 Mar. 2025
  • There's no shortage of groundbreakers among them, including Wade Houston and Eddie Whitehead.
    — The Courier-Journal, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Another groundbreaker at this biennale is Sonia Boyce as the first black woman to represent Great Britain.
    — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 26 Apr. 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
  • We are reminded of the groundbreakers in track and field, and swimming and diving along with pioneers in technology amidst the backdrop of 1980s politics and culture.
    — USA TODAY, 19 July 2024
  • 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
  • Broken Spanish, Ray Garcia’s modern Mexican groundbreaker, has been reborn, with some of its signatures intact.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 29 Jan. 2026
  • And Casals, a majors champion 12 times over and tennis groundbreaker in many ways, along with Brian Snerson, the co-founder of Essex Wealth Management, were the benefit’s two big honorees.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Notoriously arrogant comedy legend Kent Romero might first bring to mind Chevy Chase for readers, perhaps even 1980s stars like Judge Reinhold, but with his Venezuelan-American background, he was also inspired by real-life groundbreakers like Freddie Prinze.
    — Lee Kelly, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026

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