as in leader
one that takes the lead or sets an example
a highly competitive industry in which any company that isn't a pacer quickly becomes a belly-up also-ran
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Recent Examples of pacer
The sweet spot turned out to be having two pacers, one in front and one behind Kipyegon for the entire race.
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
Those pacers would be substituted with two different escorts for the final two laps.
—Jeré Longman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The 34-year-old Indian pacer has been away for more than a year.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The pacer's knee swelling forced the BCCI medical staff to rule him out of the last two Border-Gavaskar Trophy tests, which Australia won with a 3-1 victory over India.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 1 Mar. 2025
Those pacers would be substituted with two different escorts for the final two laps.
—Jeré Longman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
The 34-year-old Indian pacer has been away for more than a year.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
The pacer's knee swelling forced the BCCI medical staff to rule him out of the last two Border-Gavaskar Trophy tests, which Australia won with a 3-1 victory over India.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacer
Noun
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Afraid conditions would only worsen, leaders announced in May 2024 their plans to disassemble the chapel, a national historic landmark and popular wedding venue.—
Rebecca Ellis,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2025
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Listen to this article Chicago police said seven teens were wounded in an overnight shooting at a large gathering in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood after a St. Sabina graduation party, drawing an angry statement from the church’s longtime leader, Father Michael Pfleger.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
1 June 2025
Noun
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Preliminary findings indicated Arakawa, 65, had died at least a week before her husband, and pacemaker information indicated Hackman had been dead for at least nine days before they were found.—
Theresa Braine,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Northwestern engineers develop tiny pacemaker, smaller than a grain of rice A new, tiny pacemaker — smaller than a grain of rice — developed at Northwestern University could play a sizable role in the future of medicine, according to the engineers who developed it.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Pacer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacer. Accessed 7 Jun. 2025.
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