as in leader
one that takes the lead or sets an example
has long been regarded as a pacemaker in home electronics
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Recent Examples of pacemaker
First-ever transient pacemaker harmlessly dissolves in body Nature Biotechnology.
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
The current study is an advance on an earlier dissolvable pacemaker by the same team.
—Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025
After triple bypass and mitral valve repair surgery at the age of 89, a pacemaker was installed in my chest.
—Si Liberman, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
The researchers are confident that the battery could permanently power implantable devices like pacemakers or brain-computer interfaces.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2025
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025
The current study is an advance on an earlier dissolvable pacemaker by the same team.
—Payal Dhar, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2025
After triple bypass and mitral valve repair surgery at the age of 89, a pacemaker was installed in my chest.
—Si Liberman, Hartford Courant, 10 Mar. 2025
The researchers are confident that the battery could permanently power implantable devices like pacemakers or brain-computer interfaces.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacemaker
Noun
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Because in this age of generative AI, leaders are creating versions of themselves that operate without them.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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After a server at a Pilsen restaurant was attacked, a community wants justice The footage of two women brutally attacking a server at Taco Azteca, a longtime Mexican restaurant in Pilsen, last weekend has left a neighborhood reeling, according to residents and local leaders.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But the coach features, the support for connection to other fitness devices and advanced bits like the virtual pacer mode?—
Andrew Williams,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Rajasthan, however, backed Archer and the pacer repaid the trust with a crucial performance in the side's six-run win over Chennai Super Kings followed by a match-winning 3-25 spell against Punjab Kings on Saturday.—
Suramya Kaushik,
Reuters,
6 Apr. 2025
Noun
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It’s been sweet watching the sound expand overseas, the seeds of inspo traveling way further than the pioneers intended.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
9 Apr. 2025
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Collins went on to join another funk pioneer: George Clinton, whose alternating bands Parliament and Funkadelic were innovating a looser, more improvisational and funnier style that would help define Black music in the ’70s.—
Steve Knopper,
Billboard,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Pacemaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacemaker. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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