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vanguard

[van-gahrd] / ˈvænˌgɑrd /
NOUN
forefront
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She spoke to De Los about her pleasure-seeking ethos and Argentina’s alt-pop vanguard.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

In the vanguard of the latest bull stampede is the semiconductor sector, which is due to get another lift Friday as Intel shares see a big post-earnings-report pop.

From MarketWatch Apr. 24, 2026

If they are the vanguard of a sentient nonhuman enemy, we don’t have much to fear yet.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

Scott Hammond, Spaceport chief executive, said the contract strengthened the site's position "at the vanguard of UK vertical space launch".

From BBC Mar. 20, 2026

He himself had mentioned John Kwang as a part of that vanguard, though his implication was then cast only in terms of succession.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

And it found him in the person of Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of those quixotic, improbable adventurers who, over the past two centuries, have served as the vanguards of new forms of empire.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2023

For months, Google has preached a more cautious approach to artificial intelligence, even as rivals and the public embraced ChatGPT and other new technologies as vanguards of the future.

From New York Times May 11, 2023

“Fashion designers are like the vanguards of innovation, and I love his clothes,” Biden said.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2023

From the beginning it was called "the experiment" and the children were referred to as "vanguards", says Mr Jensen.

From BBC Mar. 9, 2022

Our present spaceships, with their robot crews, are the harbingers, the vanguards of future human expeditions to the planets.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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