pacesetter

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pacesetter

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From pace + setter.

noun pacesetters · pace-setter · pace setter

One who or that which determines the rate of action through leading. It’s all been a dreadful embarrassment, but why should anyone outside Germany be concerned? Because Documenta was always a pacesetter — and this year’s edition certainly put its finger on a larger shift, seen too in our museums, our art schools and our magazines, away from aesthetic ambition and int

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noun one who sets pace

中文	配速員 /配速员 pèisùyuán
Deutsch	Schrittmacher
Italiano	battistrada

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@misc{pacesetter_2026,
  title = {pacesetter},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pacesetter},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}