at the vanguard
idiom
: in the position of the leaders of an action or movement in society, politics, art, etc.
They are at the vanguard of a revolution in medical research.
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The company’s blockchain innovations, especially the OPEN platform for direct stock lending, position it at the vanguard of the transformation in financial technology.
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Smith, after years at the vanguard, now finds himself at odds with the Evangelical Zeitgeist.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
The A-list clientele undoubtedly put the House of Beauty at the vanguard of culture in the late ’50s and ’60s.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025
These alienating bonafides signaled to me that my congregation was at the vanguard of the Jewish community, tradition-bucking progressives in a sea of normies.
—Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
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Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Smith, after years at the vanguard, now finds himself at odds with the Evangelical Zeitgeist.
—Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
The A-list clientele undoubtedly put the House of Beauty at the vanguard of culture in the late ’50s and ’60s.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 23 Dec. 2025
These alienating bonafides signaled to me that my congregation was at the vanguard of the Jewish community, tradition-bucking progressives in a sea of normies.
—Literary Hub, 1 Dec. 2025
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“At the vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20the%20vanguard. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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