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ˈpace-ˌsetting, a. [pace n.1] That sets the pace, trend, or fashion. (Chiefly fig.)
1965Economist 13 Feb. 645/2 A moratorium on other settlements while a clearly ‘pace-setting’ wage claim for the year is under review. 1967Jane's Surface Skimmer Systems 1967–68 1/1 If the pacesetting operations by British Rail and Hover-Lloyd alone cannot silence the sceptics, they can be invited to look to the Mediterranean. 1976M. Birmingham Heat of Sun iii. 24 The educational initiative which the state had taken over in founding the pace-setting Achimota school. |