trendsetting

[ trend-set-ing ]

adjective

1. establishing or influencing a new trend or fashion.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trendsetting¹

1955–60; from the verb phrase set a trend; -ing ²

Example Sentences

The latter is especially true of the tiki mugs from Death & Co., the award-winning, trendsetting national cocktail bar with a foothold in the Arts District.

From Los Angeles Times

As it turns out, being the trendsetting popular kid could actually be genetic.

From Salon

Apple on Thursday disclosed its steepest quarterly decline in iPhone sales since the pandemic’s outset, deepening a slump that’s increasing the pressure on the trendsetting company to spruce up its products with more artificial intelligence.

From Seattle Times

The bill would also bar the company from controlling TikTok’s secret sauce: the algorithm that feeds users videos based on their interests and has made the platform a trendsetting phenomenon.

From Seattle Times

But Brussels often plays a trendsetting role with regulations that tend to become de facto global standards.

From Seattle Times

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