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
Chasing a record 299, South Africa made a sedate start under immense pressure from medium pacer Renuka Singh.
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CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Austin is a movement guy, a pacer.
—Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
Montoya, who is a frenetic pacer on the sideline, lets out a prodigious whistle to get his players’ attention.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Ahead of the start of the three-match series starting in Tarouba, Windies pacer dislocated his left shoulder during a training session earlier this week.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Austin is a movement guy, a pacer.
—Jay Glennie, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
Montoya, who is a frenetic pacer on the sideline, lets out a prodigious whistle to get his players’ attention.
—Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 1 Sep. 2025
Ahead of the start of the three-match series starting in Tarouba, Windies pacer dislocated his left shoulder during a training session earlier this week.
—Paras J. Haji, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacer
Noun
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The leader of Denmark's Social Democrats, Mette Frederiksen, is pictured on the street at Nytorv in Aalborg, on March 24, 2026 during the parliamentary election in Denmark.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
25 Mar. 2026
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Union leaders and federal officials say empty gas tanks, childcare expenses and the threat of eviction keep more screeners from showing up the longer the shutdown continues.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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His father Frank, who Frankie was named after, died after having a pacemaker put in.—
Cheryl Fiandaca,
CBS News,
19 Mar. 2026
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While there is nothing to suggest Netanyahu is currently unwell, his health has also loomed over Israeli politics before, with his emergency heart surgery to fit a pacemaker in 2023, as well as a prostate removal surgery in 2024.—
Angela Yang,
NBC news,
18 Mar. 2026
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“Pacer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacer. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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