How to Use pacesetter in a Sentence

pacesetter

noun
  • The Pro Bowl linebacker is a pacesetter for everything the Ravens do in games and in practice.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 11 Sep. 2023
  • The senior point guard is the pacesetter and playmaker for the Wildcats.
    Adam Baum, The Enquirer, 21 Dec. 2021
  • Then, Corum, its pacesetter, hurt his knee and the Wolverines started to show some cracks.
    Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Liforme was one of the pacesetters for eco-awareness in the industry.
    Mary Billard, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2019
  • With a thousand metres to go, the pacesetters let Kipchoge run alone.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2019
  • North Texas is the pacesetter as far as teams with losing records appearing in bowls.
    Tom Layberger, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2021
  • Some big-city marathons, like Berlin and London, use three élite pacesetters, who start the marathon and then drop out between the halfway and three-quarter marks of the race.
    Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2019
  • In 2016, Faller was the pacesetter for a group of five Barons that finished seven seconds apart.
    Andrew Turner, Daily Pilot, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Shiffrin was ninth fastest in the first run, 1.43 seconds behind pacesetter Federica Brignone of Italy, who went on to win the race.
    John Meyer, The Denver Post, 24 Jan. 2017
  • At that point, Woods was three over par and seven strokes behind the early pacesetter, Marc Leishman, who was part of his group.
    Karen Crouse, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Leaders are gone: It's been a tough year in Brunswick with many pacesetters dying.
    'sam' Boyer/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 21 July 2017
  • Chapman and Alex Bregman of Houston are the new pacesetters in what is becoming a new golden age at third base.
    Tom Verducci, SI.com, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Seniors are the likely pacesetters here, though one or both will probably be asked to up his production through the air.
    Zach Osterman, Indianapolis Star, 13 July 2017
  • Gaffalione settled his mount just off of a moderate early pace set by Richard the Great and responded midway through the far turn when the pacesetter gave way.
    Tim Dwyer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 20 May 2017
  • The north London club is six points adrift of the early pacesetters — Manchester rivals City and United.
    USA TODAY, 1 Oct. 2017
  • In the fall, most national polls showed that Ms. Warren was the national pacesetter in the Democratic field.
    Shane Goldmacher, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2020
  • The surprising thing is that Chrysler, and not Toyota – the hybrid pacesetter – was the first to market with an electrified minivan.
    G. Chambers Williams Iii, star-telegram, 15 Dec. 2017
  • The surprising thing is that Chrysler, and not Toyota - the hybrid pacesetter - was the first to market with an electrified minivan.
    G. Chambers Williams Iii, Houston Chronicle, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Woods is three adrift of early pacesetter Paul Casey of England, who also kept a bogey off his card on his way to a 7-under 65, with five birdies and an eagle.
    Paul Gittings, CNN, 12 Nov. 2020
  • However, a defeat last time out at Elland Road to early pacesetters Swansea was a blow.
    SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The pacesetter’s lack of class — Diamond Blitz was coming off three straight modest-level claiming wins — hit him by the middle of the second turn.
    Larry Stumes, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The final stage is a flat 60-mile ride from Las Rozas to a finish in Spain’s capital when custom dictates that no rider challenges the pacesetter . . .
    BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Five years later, Dustin Brown led the Kings to their title with a spectacular playoff run as their captain and pacesetter.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Mu tracked pacesetter Diribe Welteji of Ethiopia for the first 500 meters before taking over.
    oregonlive, 24 July 2022
  • From Week 5 on, however, Marvin’s owners were starvin’. Jones turned out to be a mere pacesetter, racing out to a fast start only to be overtaken by much of the field on the backstretch.
    Pat Fitzmaurice, SI.com, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Medical centers and biotech companies rushed to place orders for the X Ten to remain pacesetters in the genome sequencing arms race.
    Time, 12 Oct. 2017
  • With two friends running with him as pacesetters, Bannister churned around Oxford’s Iffley Road track, his long arms and legs pumping, his lungs gasping for air.
    Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2018
  • With two friends running with him as pacesetters, Bannister churned around Oxford's Iffley Road track.
    Chris Lehourites, Houston Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Conquest See Ya was second, followed by Amigo and 21-1 pacesetter Corvus.
    baltimoresun.com, 24 June 2018
  • And straggler companies missed out on 34% of its potential revenue, or $3.4 billion, compared to the pacesetter, the research found.
    Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 10 Dec. 2021

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