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  • noun Alternative spelling of pacesetter.

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Examples

  • Atari SA, a onetime pace-setter in videogames, has a new plan to become relevant again.

    Atari Takes a Trip Back to the Future Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011

  • The IG Metall union's negotiated 3.2% wage increase for Volkswagen workers last month is likely to be a pace-setter for industry overall during the current round of country-wide negotiations.

    Slippery Slope for EU After Oil Shock Alen Mattich 2011

  • As the world-record holder in the 3,000-meter run at the time, he figured Waitz would make a good pace-setter for other runners in the contest.

    Marathon Legend Waitz Dies at 57 2011

  • Atari SA, a onetime pace-setter in videogames, has a new plan to become relevant again.

    Atari Takes a Trip Back to the Future Yukari Iwatani Kane 2011

  • Cisco, a longtime pace-setter in high-tech markets, has been struggling to boost its revenues and has faced stiffer competition for one class of networking gear called switching systems.

    Cisco Predicts More Hardship, Further Cuts Don Clark 2011

  • When it comes to "cause marketing," — the pairing of a product or brand with a social mission — Mr. Mycoskie is a pace-setter.

    Charity Gives Shoe Brand Extra Shine Christina Binkley 2010

  • Edgar Dobie, Arena's managing director, says that ticket sales are far outstripping the company's former pace-setter, a 2002 production of "South Pacific."

    "Oklahoma!": Quick out of the gate Peter Marks 2010

  • When it comes to "cause marketing," — the pairing of a product or brand with a social mission — Mr. Mycoskie is a pace-setter.

    Charity Gives Shoe Brand Extra Shine Christina Binkley 2010

  • When it comes to "cause marketing," — the pairing of a product or brand with a social mission — Mr. Mycoskie is a pace-setter.

    Charity Gives Shoe Brand Extra Shine Christina Binkley 2010

  • Clearly, the EPO is regarded as the pace-setter among the world's leading patent offices; both the Koreans and the Chinese have improved significantly, but still have work to do.

    Which Patent Office Does It Best? Survey Says: "The EPO" Peter Zura 2009

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