How to Use at the vanguard in a Sentence
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Khan is at the vanguard of the Big Tech antitrust movement.
—Gilad Edelman, Wired, 9 Mar. 2021
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Our intention was always to be not just on the edge, but the bleeding edge and to be at the vanguard of the industry.
—Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
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Now, almost a quarter of a century after her death, the princess is once more at the vanguard of fashion and media.
—Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2020
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And at the vanguard of these successes are national pride and culture.
—Meron Demisse, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
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The beacon-like structures, and the watchers who staff them, were once at the vanguard of fire detection across the West's abundant forestlands and high mountains.
—Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2022
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That’s because the new law is at the vanguard of a global push to, well, make online life safer, especially for children.
—Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
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That has sparked an identity crisis at a company that was once at the vanguard of the industry.
—Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
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Regarding Ukraine, the U.K. has frequently been at the vanguard of providing support and new weapons to Kyiv.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 6 June 2023
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Regarding Ukraine, the U.K. has frequently been at the vanguard of providing support and new weapons to Kyiv.
—Garret Martin, The Conversation, 6 June 2023
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Three decades ago, New York was at the vanguard of a national movement to prevent such exploitation.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2024
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The Wolves manager has put himself at the vanguard of England’s next generation of coaches with many tipping him for the top of the sport.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
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Both Khanna and Lee have been at the vanguard of pushing their party to the left not just in Congress, but also in electoral politics.
—Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 16 Aug. 2020
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Baldwin follows other dance critics in affirming Graham’s place at the vanguard of a new kind of dance.
—Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2022
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Apple has been at the vanguard of a group of Big Tech companies that are increasingly taking over people's lives — and the stock market.
—Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2020
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Navy Theodore Roosevelt convinced that the country was ready to compete at the vanguard of modern naval technology.
—Taína Caragol, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
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Simona Tabasco of White Lotus fame, meanwhile, has been at the vanguard of the lightly tousled, flippy bob movement.
—Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 22 Aug. 2023
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Musk has been at the vanguard of the corporate shift to cryptocurrency investments and has been a public cheerleader of the asset.
—The Insider, Forbes, 27 May 2021
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Farmers from the northern states of Punjab and Haryana, neighboring New Delhi, have been at the vanguard of the agitation since last month, and have set up protest camps in and around the capital.
—NBC News, 8 Dec. 2020
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Once at the vanguard of offensive ingenuity in the Power Five, the Tigers are now behind the curve compared to the top contenders for the national championship.
—Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
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As so often, Community stood at the vanguard of a cultural shift and probably pushed it along.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
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The company is at the vanguard of a contentious push by meat and dairy industries trying to rebrand as climate solutions.
—Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
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The 76-year-old has long been at the vanguard of the environmental movement and is excited by novel technologies.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
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By the early 1950s, however, beauty standards within the industry had started to evolve, and Ms. Mullen was at the vanguard of that evolution.
—Alex Williams, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2023
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Appy Pie, a leading app builder and website builder, with its finger on the pulse of these technological shifts, stands at the vanguard of this transformation.
—Jon Stojan, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
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He’s been at the vanguard of the company’s attempt to position itself as privacy-focused.
—Andy Meek, BGR, 6 Aug. 2021
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City officials in Portland and their state counterparts in Oregon, who not long ago were at the vanguard of decriminalization, have moved to crack down again on drug use.
—Mitch Smith, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
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Since its founding in 1962, Artforum has been at the vanguard of contemporary art criticism, and throughout its history has remained a voice of record for the art world.
—William Earl, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
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Of course Black women are situated right at the vanguard of this new movement — ever the gatekeepers of the sites of becoming and unbecoming.
—Yasmina Price, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
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Ukrainian infantry fired anti-tank missiles at tanks and BMP fighting vehicles at the vanguard of the Russian formations.
—David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2022
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In just a few short years, Onfroy had become one of the most popular, divisive, and controversial figures in 2010s hip-hop, at the vanguard of the genre’s SoundCloud revolution.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2023
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