the vanguard

noun

: the soldiers, ships, etc., that are at the front of a fighting force that is moving forward

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Muse is potentially just the vanguard for a new age of personal AI agents. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 Highly literate working men and women were almost always in the vanguard of campaigns for social and democratic change. — Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026 Swindell was in the vanguard of campaigns by the Alliance and its private and public sector partners to help attract, retain, and support companies such as Amazon, American Express, AutoNation, Chewy, JetBlue Airways, Kaplan and Royal Caribbean. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 13 Oct. 2026 Congress is edging closer to passing the Kids Online Safety Act, the vanguard social media regulation bill. — Darius Tahir, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for the vanguard

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“The vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20vanguard. Accessed 26 Oct. 2026.

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