set the pace

verb

Definitions

  1. To establish the speed for a group to move at, for example in a race.

  2. To establish a common goal by example.

    • In May 2003, South Africa set the pace by banning thin plastic bags and imposing a tax on thick ones.
    • OpenAI, which ignited the boom, continues to set the pace in many ways. Usage of ChatGPT more than doubled, to 10% of the world’s population.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for set the pace. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA