avant-garde
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Gehry is known for his avant garde, experimental style of architecture.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2025
But one event at the university, in which avant garde designs were celebrated with a show that included electronic music and colourful projections attracted unwelcome attention.
From Barron's • Nov. 16, 2025
A polished fully-in-control confidence over a truly unpredictable avant garde flow, Saafir was like a glitch in the rap soundscape that listeners couldn’t turn their head from.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2024
“These screens are presented as this avant garde, minimalist design,” said Matt Farah, a car reviewer and host of The Smoking Tire, an auto-focused YouTube channel and podcast.
From Slate • Apr. 26, 2023
A sudden sound, as of many riders riding briskly, and a band of lances--the avant garde of a mighty army--drew rein at the verge of the yawning and smoking furnace which had been the castle.
From The Rival Heirs; being the Third and Last Chronicle of Aescendune by Crake, A. D. (Augustine David)
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