the vanguard

noun

: the soldiers, ships, etc., that are at the front of a fighting force that is moving forward

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But from that terrible nadir, football’s popularity grew again, with United in the vanguard on and off the pitch. —

Matt Slater, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024 But change is in the air in Clacton-on-Sea, a sleepy backwater that may become the vanguard for the British right wing after electing Nigel Farage, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, to Parliament on Thursday. —

Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 3 July 2024 Al Qaeda conceived of itself as the vanguard of a global insurgency mobilizing Muslim communities against secular rule. —

Audrey Kurth Cronin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2015 Corporate legal teams have been in the vanguard of enterprise re-imagination of the legal function. —

Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for the vanguard