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pacesetter
/ˈpeɪsˌsetər/ noun [C] (also pacemaker)Definition
› a person or organization that is the first to do new or different things and so provides an example for others to follow: pacesetter in sth California has long been the pacesetter in regulating car emissions.
(Definition of pacesetter noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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