at the vanguard

phrase

: 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.

Examples of at the vanguard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Over her more than four decades in in the film business, Kathleen Kennedy has been at the vanguard of tech, whether via her work on the Star Wars universe or all those Steven Spielberg ones. — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 1 Apr. 2026

From the heady days post-revolution, the student movement splintered, and the electoral dominance of the traditional parties has left many young people disillusioned—not least since women stood at the vanguard of the July revolution yet were largely sidelined in the reform process. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 13 Feb. 2026

Paradoxically, Wikipedia’s revolutionarily collaborative structure once put it at the vanguard of innovation on the open internet. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Jan. 2026

Bella Hadid, for one, has been at the vanguard of bringing back skinny capri pants—which she was seen wearing just a few days prior. — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 30 Jan. 2026

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