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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
Kentucky is the equine center of the nation, with horse farms producing prize-winning thoroughbreds, trotters, and pacers for many decades; distilleries have been making bourbon in the state legally (and illegally) for centuries.
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Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
Kolkata spinners Varun Chakravarthy (2-33) and Sunil Narine (1-23) choked the scoring, while pacers Vaibhav Arora (2-24) and Kartik Tyagi (1-41) also inflicted damage.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
One key cog to race day is pacers and pacing groups, which Barden sorts out in January, once the competitors are confirmed.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The shifts were brought about by weather, his energy level, and his relationship with his pacers and the film crew.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 22 Jan. 2026
Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Apr. 2026
Kolkata spinners Varun Chakravarthy (2-33) and Sunil Narine (1-23) choked the scoring, while pacers Vaibhav Arora (2-24) and Kartik Tyagi (1-41) also inflicted damage.
—ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
One key cog to race day is pacers and pacing groups, which Barden sorts out in January, once the competitors are confirmed.
—Liam Tharme, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
The shifts were brought about by weather, his energy level, and his relationship with his pacers and the film crew.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 22 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacers
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Investigating active government officials in Mexico is a new strategy for the United States, which in the past refrained from targeting sitting leaders in allied countries with criminal investigations because of the clear political ramifications.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
4 June 2026
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Beyond their immediate impact, experts say such attacks are part of a broader Russian strategy to sow fear among ordinary people and increase public pressure on Ukraine’s leaders to end the war.—
Lauren Kent,
CNN Money,
4 June 2026
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The device is not for users with active implantable medical devices such as pacemakers or hearing aid implants; users with metallic implants such as stents, bone plates or bone screws at or near the neck; or users operating another device like a TENS unit or muscle stimulator at the same time.—
Samantha Agate,
Sacbee.com,
3 June 2026
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The achievement allowed researchers to recreate how the nervous system communicates with the heart, opening potential new paths for studying irregular heart rhythms and developing future treatments that could reduce reliance on electronic pacemakers.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
23 May 2026
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The pizza joint tied with Sei, Tony’s in San Francisco, has long been ambitious as one of the American pioneers of the rising art of the pizza tasting menu.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
28 May 2026
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And Teladoc Health—one of telemedicine’s pioneers—has expanded beyond urgent care into chronic condition management.—
Dr. Peter Fotinos,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Pacers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacers. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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