trendsetter
noun
trend·set·ter
ˈtren(d)-ˌse-tər 
variants
or less commonly trend-setter
plural trendsetters also trend-setters
: one that sets a trend : someone or something that starts or helps to popularize a new fashion, style, movement, etc.
a trendsetter in the fashion industry
Every ten years or so, for a different set of reasons each time, cultural trendsetters rally behind one musician with whom they sense a bond and who then comes to symbolize jazz to the mass media.—
Francis Davis
Francis DavisThe county has become a trendsetter in other types of environmental legislation …—Chemical & Engineering News
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Examples of trendsetter in a Sentence
a closely watched trendsetter in women's fashions
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—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2025
This trendsetter has cut through the noise with a family of brands boasting non-starchy carbohydrates, wholesome fiber sources, and a meat-first limited ingredient list.
—Molly Peck, USA TODAY, 2 Jan. 2025
If you're stumped for ideas, and budgeting isn't the first thing on your mind, trendsetters will ogle over these fancy gifts that are sure to make this holiday season a holly jolly one at worst.
—Gabriele Regalbuto, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024
Nara Smith and Ballerina Farm’s Hannah Neeleman make lifestyle content about their lives as stylish trendsetters, moms and queens of the kitchen, while Chris Olsen and Jake Shane shake laughs out of their millions of followers.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Trendsetter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trendsetter. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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