trendsetter
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It has long been a trendsetter in music, culture and social change.
From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2026
The model and musician, 27, was unveiled as creative director last September by founder Louboutin, who appears to be preparing to hand over the reins to the Gen Z trendsetter.
From Barron's ● Jan. 21, 2026
Army basic-training instructor, he became a trendsetter in California’s 1960s alternative culture, hanging out with Ken Kesey, designing multimedia happenings and, in 1968, launching the Whole Earth Catalog.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025
His successor, Johnny Carson, became a trendsetter in the 1960s, defining male coolness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025
As it turned out, the reckless, freewheeling ways of the First National Bank of Midland made it a trendsetter in the American banking industry during the eighties.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
These people have positioned themselves as trendsetters and their followers are infatuated with them as role models.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
“They’re trying to be trendsetters without realizing: Guess what? Boomers, you’re not the trend,” he said.
From Slate ● Dec. 22, 2025
Allardyce believes the Frenchman, and his fellow dead-ball trainers, are trendsetters.
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025
People look at people all the time as trendsetters when I know for a fact that they just put on the first few things they grabbed out of the closet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2024
Iowans, they said, took their role as political trendsetters seriously.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
