as in leaders
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 pacemakers
Experience with other medical devices like hip implants and pacemakers dictated that plaintiffs who had a faulty product surgically removed had more valuable lawsuits than those with the product still in place.
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Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026
Blood transfusions, antibiotics, cardiac pacemakers, organ transplantation, insulin for diabetes, and inhalers for asthma all resulted from animal research.
—Melanie D.g. Kaplan, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2025
It could be used in the creation of next-generation bioelectronic devices or internal medical tools, like pacemakers, implantable glucose sensors, and brain electrodes used for treating neurological conditions like Parkinson’s disease.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Nov. 2025
This isn’t how pacemakers are designed to work, apparently.
—Joy Williams, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Although this prototype worked for only three hours, the recipient went on to live another 40 years with 26 additional pacemakers, passing away in 2001 at the age of 86.
—Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2025
Smallest Pacemaker Implanting most pacemakers requires invasive surgeries.
—IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025
The probe also covers pacemakers, insulin pumps, coronary stents, heart valves, hearing aids, prosthetics, blood glucose monitors, orthopedic appliances, computed tomography scanners and magnetic resonance imaging machines.
—Reuters 12 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
These can include pacemakers, stents, piercings and screws in bones.
—Michaela Maya-Mrschtik, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pacemakers
leaders
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Minneapolis leaders are pushing for state law enforcement to be part of a joint investigation with the FBI into Wednesday's shooting.—
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Last January, Navajo leaders advised citizens to carry their Certificate of Indian Blood or tribal identification card.—
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“Pacemakers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pacemakers. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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