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- noun someone who popularizes a new fashion
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Examples
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Turns out, the first lady is more than a trend-setter.
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Turns out, the first lady is more than a trend-setter.
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By the time she returned home to the U.S., she'd transcended being a mere trend-setter with a trajectory towards Icon along an arc that endures to this day.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony: On Tour with Jackie Kennedy: Versailles to Vietnam Policy, Part I Carl Sferrazza Anthony 2011
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This tumult on the banks of the Nile is the true test of this Arab Awakening, for Egypt remains the trend-setter in Arab politics.
Egypt and the Fruits of the Pharaohs Fouad Ajami 2011
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Lilias Trotter was told by John Ruskin, the preeminent Victorian trend-setter and art critic, that if she trained with him she could be the premier artist of her day.
Terry Kelhawk: Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers Terry Kelhawk 2010
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By the time she returned home to the U.S., she'd transcended being a mere trend-setter with a trajectory towards Icon along an arc that endures to this day.
Carl Sferrazza Anthony: On Tour with Jackie Kennedy: Versailles to Vietnam Policy, Part I Carl Sferrazza Anthony 2011
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Mr. Shapiro says the only notable company missing is Apple Inc.; the Silicon Valley trend-setter has long stuck to a strategy of introducing new products at its own events.
Electronics Show Revives Las Vegas Glow Don Clark 2011
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Historically a trend-setter, once again, as California goes, so may go the nation.
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Ford's Lincoln luxury brand was once a trend-setter and a popular seller.
Lincoln: A Look Back 2011
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New York should be a trend-setter, he said, but other locales are far outpacing the city and state.
City 'Slow' on Solar Michael Howard Saul 2012
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