as in leader
one that takes the lead or sets an example
has long been regarded as a pacemaker in home electronics
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Recent Examples of pacemaker
Hackman, whose pacemaker activity made his last day alive easier to guess, likely died a week later.
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
They are recorded, but it would be picked up during a three-month or six-month pacemaker checkup.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump's government-wide hiring freeze threatened to wipe out hundreds of studies and clinical trials that are run through temporary VA appointments – scientific partnerships that have seeded landmark medical inventions from the invention of the pacemaker to the first CAT scan.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
The last activity on Gene's pacemaker was registered on Feb. 17.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 7 Mar. 2025
They are recorded, but it would be picked up during a three-month or six-month pacemaker checkup.
—Janelle Ash, Fox News, 2 Mar. 2025
President Donald Trump's government-wide hiring freeze threatened to wipe out hundreds of studies and clinical trials that are run through temporary VA appointments – scientific partnerships that have seeded landmark medical inventions from the invention of the pacemaker to the first CAT scan.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2025
The last activity on Gene's pacemaker was registered on Feb. 17.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacemaker
Noun
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The Ukrainian leader has blamed Russia for the slow progress of talks, a sentiment echoed by his European backers.—
Jason D. Greenblatt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Apr. 2025
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The White House leader is railing against the States’ trade deficits with its biggest trading partners, such as Canada, China, Mexico and the European Union, and has either imposed or threatened (as with the EU) up to 25% tariffs on imports.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the coach features, the support for connection to other fitness devices and advanced bits like the virtual pacer mode?—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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The sweet spot turned out to be having two pacers, one in front and one behind Kipyegon for the entire race.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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It’s been sweet watching the sound expand overseas, the seeds of inspo traveling way further than the pioneers intended.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2025
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Collins went on to join another funk pioneer: George Clinton, whose alternating bands Parliament and Funkadelic were innovating a looser, more improvisational and funnier style that would help define Black music in the ’70s.—
Steve Knopper,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Pacemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacemaker. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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