as in leaders
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 pacers
The shifts were brought about by weather, his energy level, and his relationship with his pacers and the film crew.
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Frederick Dreier, Outside, 22 Jan. 2026
Frederick Dreier, Outside, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacers
Noun
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Boston community leaders proposed a new plan to tackle the open-air drug market at and around Mass and Cass that focuses on getting addicts off the streets, out of jail and into recovery in order to avoid last summer’s crowding and chaos.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
19 Feb. 2026
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Harm reduction can encompass a range of practices, including handing out free needles to slow the spread of disease, and many local leaders credit some of those efforts with recent drops in fatal overdoses.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some modern pacemakers – devices that keep the heart in a regular rhythm – can transmit data to a phone app via Bluetooth so it can be shared directly with a patient’s doctor for easier monitoring.—
Cindy Von Quednow,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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Experience with other medical devices like hip implants and pacemakers dictated that plaintiffs who had a faulty product surgically removed had more valuable lawsuits than those with the product still in place.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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But some early food AI pioneers have already moved on.—
Barbara Booth,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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Rubato’s Explorer rollneck is a throwback to an era before technical clothing, when mountaineers and Arctic pioneers had to rely on knitwear.—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
13 Feb. 2026
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“Pacers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacers. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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