avant-gardist

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Noun
  • Long before federal regulations existed, the couple hosted the very first meeting to form the National Organic Standards Board right there at their ranch, gathering with other pioneers like the Lundberg family to create a unified standard.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Apollo's acquisition came after Verizon Communications bought Yahoo's online operations in 2017 and then bungled an attempt to blend those services into AOL, another internet pioneer.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Nicasio was one of the lead designers who helped create three of the follies, which were commissioned by the City of Davis.
    Brady Halbleib, CBS News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The project was led by Sebastian Wernli, an industrial designer and research associate at the university.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 1 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • That’s because developers reportedly went to other agencies, most often Port KC, or weren’t subject to the requirements.
    Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Success was often measured by a developer’s ability to act as a living dictionary of commands and a precise debugger of semicolons.
    Mohith Shrivastava, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
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“Avant-gardist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/avant-gardist. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.

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