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Definition of Trendsetter
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Trendsetter
Literary usage of Trendsetter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under Cover: Evolution of Upholstered Furniture by Ed van Hinte (2006)
"... a wide audience briefly took on the role of trendsetter in home interiors.
Just how much today's designers draw on those politically directionless years ..."
2. Environmental Performance Reviews by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. Committee on Environmental Policy (2006)
"These arrangements are part of the EU project trendsetter (Setting Trend for
Sustainable Urban Mobility), which also included the first city bus line ..."
3. Parents, Peers and Pot II: Parents in Action by Marsha Manatt (1996)
"... the Nation's trendsetter and, just as acceptance of drug use reached its peak
there during the "Me Decade," a growing countermovement to the drug ..."
4. The Life and Letters of Alexander Wilson by Alexander Wilson, Clark Hunter (1983)
"Mackenzie was what today we would call a trendsetter and his article was the
authoritative intimation that a new star had risen in the west. ..."
5. Health Insurance: Management Strategies Used by Large Employers to Control Costs by Michael Gutowski (1998)
"Similarly, another purchaser noted that many California HMOS see Kaiser as a
market trendsetter. Thus, we were told, a rumor in April that Kaiser would drop ..."
6. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"... products in the mainstream economy, the turnover time of this language has
considerably shortened and the wish to be a fashion trendsetter prevails. ..."
7. Adventure Guide Naples, Sorrento & the Amalfi Coast by Marina Carter (2006)
"Reputed to be the first place in Italy to introduce the bikini - in 1959 - Positano
still thinks of itself as a sartorial trendsetter, though younger ..."
8. State of the Nation: South Africa 2003-2004 by John Daniel, Adam Habib, Roger Southall (2004)
"In many other aspects, it has also become a trendsetter for both North and South,
as witnessed in its unilateral ..."
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