tone-setter
Britishnoun
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Coach JJ Redick, who called Smart the team’s tone-setter on defense, commended Smart’s “care factor,” even when the Lakers fell behind by 18 in the second quarter.
From Los Angeles Times
It is the tone-setter for the three days of competition.
From BBC
But on a day the Dodgers were looking for a tone-setter, and waiting for one of their superstar talents to take the reins, Ohtani delivered another scoreless outing on the mound, giving up one hit and one walk while striking out four.
From Los Angeles Times
Minnesota’s Julius Randle, the first piece of the Lakers’ post-Kobe Bryant plans, looked like the bulldozing tone-setter the team once envisioned when it took him in the first round in 2014.
From Los Angeles Times
It was a huge tone-setter for what he is doing at Manchester United.
From BBC
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