as in leader
one that takes the lead or sets an example a company that has been a pacesetter in its field for offering health care benefits to employees

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Recent Examples of pacesetter The McLaren pair dominated the latter stages of qualifying to outdo the early pacesetter, Max Verstappen. Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025 The tactic of switching out pacesetters was used by Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya in breaking the two-hour barrier in the marathon in 2019. Jeré Longman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 Nevertheless, despite the emphasis BYU and Baylor placed on football, Notre Dame remained the pacesetter for the possibilities of football at a religious university. Hunter M. Hampton / Made By History, TIME, 9 Jan. 2025 The McLaren pair dominated the latter stages of qualifying to outdo the early pacesetter, Max Verstappen. Thomas Schlachter, CNN, 15 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for pacesetter
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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
  • In fact, high-profile investors and business leaders in the Big Apple are up in arms about the stunning win by the democratic socialist in the primary to win the Democratic nomination to serve as the next New York City mayor.
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 25 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
  • 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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“Pacesetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacesetter. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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