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vanguard

[van-gahrd] / ˈvænˌgɑrd /
NOUN
forefront
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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

“Or do we want to be a party that is leading the vanguard to protect workers and to fight for working families?”

From Salon • Dec. 1, 2025

BlackRock, which had a C in 2022 and was once in the vanguard of ESG voting, has vaulted to an A. This year there are 12 B grades, compared to none in 2022.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

“It’s one thing for equity markets to suffer a general pullback. But it’s quite another to see stocks at the vanguard of AI development getting trashed,” he added.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

Given that Russia was at this point at the very vanguard of modernism it was a bitter pill to swallow, and understandably so.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall