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as in pioneer
the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts
a style of jazz that the vanguard quickly recognized as new and exciting
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as in forefront
the leading or most important part of a movement
talk radio is often regarded as being in the vanguard of the conservative movement
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Recent Examples of vanguard
This wine style has been trending amongst the wine set for a few years now, and King is joining the next vanguard of unofficial ambassadors.
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Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Since its founding in 1913 at Howard University, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has stood as a vanguard of leadership, scholarship, and public service.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 10 July 2025
Lalonde was key in developing a unique strategy that brought the group’s vanguard brands B&B Italia, Flos, Louis Poulsen, Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena under one roof.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
If EVs are any augury, America’s days at technology’s vanguard might be numbered.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
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Elizabeth Wellington, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
Since its founding in 1913 at Howard University, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has stood as a vanguard of leadership, scholarship, and public service.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 10 July 2025
Lalonde was key in developing a unique strategy that brought the group’s vanguard brands B&B Italia, Flos, Louis Poulsen, Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena under one roof.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
If EVs are any augury, America’s days at technology’s vanguard might be numbered.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanguard
Noun
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Alexander Jabbour is an Engineering Lead at Rilla, an industry pioneer in real-time sales conversation feedback.—
Alexander Jabbour,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Visitors can also stop by the Leonard Reid House, built in 1926 by one of Sarasota’s early Black pioneers, Leonard Reid, or visit the Greater Newtown Historical Gallery, a repository of Newtown history that includes family photo collections and artifacts.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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Our treatments are designed with our clients’ needs at the forefront.—
Jason Phillips,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The Celtics are not projected to be a stellar team this season, but at the forefront will be their superstar guard, Jaylen Brown.—
Ricardo Klein,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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But now European and American scientists are exploring whether the first human Martians could find refuge via dormant volcanos scattered across the Red Planet, inside lava tubes that criss-cross the Mars underground.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sibiya said the men had been killed by gas underground, their bodies carried out of the mine by colleagues and left for the police to find.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
23 Aug. 2025
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British-Iraqi Zaha Hadid evolved traditional architecture by breaking convention, leveraging innovation and technology to create fluid, dynamic and avant-garde buildings.—
Anita Nelson,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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His particular brand of avant-garde, genre work is, at least from the outside, basically irresistible to anybody who loves cult cinema.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanguard. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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