as in leader
one that takes the lead or sets an example
has long been regarded as a pacemaker in home electronics
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Recent Examples of pacemaker
Arakawa is believed to have died first, around Feb. 11, while Hackman seemingly died about a week later, as the last activity on his pacemaker was recorded on Feb. 18.
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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
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, 4 Apr. 2025
Hackman, 95, likely died several days after Arakawa, on February 18, when his pacemaker last recorded his heartbeat, authorities have said.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
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Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2025
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
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, 4 Apr. 2025
Hackman, 95, likely died several days after Arakawa, on February 18, when his pacemaker last recorded his heartbeat, authorities have said.
—Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 17 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacemaker
Noun
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Finally, leading up, your leaders need to start with the understanding that the ego has to stay outside the door.—
Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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Republican leaders in the state legislature did not go along with the original DeSantis plan to have Florida fund the flights filled with federal immigration detainees.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Moreover, the pacers weren’t particularly close to Kipyegon.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
30 June 2025
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Between fans screaming her name, the looming clock, and the global livestream, there was something palpably electric (and truly nerve-wracking) about watching Kipyegon take her place on the track alongside 13 world-class athletes, pacers who were positioned to help push Kipyegon forward.—
L'Oréal Blackett,
Refinery29,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Additional investors include Fred Moll, the cofounder of Intuitive Surgical and pioneer of robotic surgery, who has joined the company’s strategic advisory board.—
Amy Feldman,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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The Mughal Empire’s hunger for land taxes, for instance, drove an assault on eastern India’s forests in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, which redistributed land to pioneer cultivators willing to undertake that work of settlement.—
Michael Albertus,
Foreign Affairs,
24 June 2025
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“Pacemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacemaker. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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