at/in the forefront
idiom
: in a leading position
Their company is at/in the forefront of research in this area.
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Sylvester is at the forefront of using advanced genomic and molecular testing to tailor treatments to each patient’s unique tumor profile.
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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Napheesa Collier Minnesota Lynx, forward 20.4 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.9 spg, 1.4 bpg, 49 fg%
Collier should be at the forefront of the MVP and DPOY race, making her inclusion on the WNBA’s first team (which would be her third such honor) a given.
—Ben Pickman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Colorado was at the forefront of reviving elk populations.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Free people of color were at the forefront of the fight for civil rights and key architects behind a progressive, egalitarian state constitution that called for equal access to education for all citizens.
—Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
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Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Miami Herald, 16 May 2025
Napheesa Collier Minnesota Lynx, forward 20.4 ppg, 9.7 rpg, 3.4 apg, 1.9 spg, 1.4 bpg, 49 fg%
Collier should be at the forefront of the MVP and DPOY race, making her inclusion on the WNBA’s first team (which would be her third such honor) a given.
—Ben Pickman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
Colorado was at the forefront of reviving elk populations.
—Amanda Kooser, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
Free people of color were at the forefront of the fight for civil rights and key architects behind a progressive, egalitarian state constitution that called for equal access to education for all citizens.
—Chelsea Stieber, The Conversation, 14 May 2025
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