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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Noun
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Their remarks came after Vance hosted a roundtable of aviation, travel and union leaders at the White House, where participants discussed temporary solutions — including the recruitment of more air traffic controllers.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025 -
Taylor said that top DHS leaders were convened to discuss the crisis.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This isn’t how pacemakers are designed to work, apparently.—
Joy Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
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Although this prototype worked for only three hours, the recipient went on to live another 40 years with 26 additional pacemakers, passing away in 2001 at the age of 86.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
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Considered one of the pioneers of talk radio on WJR, Pierce chatted with a wide swath of figures and, in the station’s heyday, traveled the globe on assignments.—
Julie Hinds,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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And yet the pioneers kept heading west for decades.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Pacers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacers. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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