<noun.cognition> the new policy will be a pacesetter in community relations
a horse used to set the pace in racing
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pacesetter \pacesetter\ n. A horse used to set the pace in racing.
Syn: pacer, pacemaker. [WordNet 1.5]
The group's pacesetter was Merck, which benefited from strong sales of Vasotec, used to control hypertension.
After decades of unchallenged dominance by Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, the U.S. fashion world finds itself with a new pacesetter that has received almost instant acceptance by advertisers and readers.
He said South Carolina has picked up 17 points in the past two years, and he called it a pacesetter in efforts to hold educators more accountable for student performance.
Until recently, American had an ambitious growth strategy to spend almost $22 billion through 1995 and was the industry pacesetter for expansion.
The refiners, led by Sun Co., which often is the pacesetter in changing postings, had reduced their field prices by 75 cents a barrel only last Monday, rescinding the cuts on Tuesday.
After eight years as undisputed economic pacesetter Japan has lost its ranking as the world's most competitive economy to the US.
Du Pont Co., already a pacesetter in offering family-friendly benefits, stepped up efforts to pitch them to employees after instituting a $1 billion cost-trimming effort last summer.