the vanguard

noun

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

Examples of the vanguard in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In the decade since forming, Fuerza Regida have pushed their corridos from backyard carnes asadas to arena stages, becoming the vanguard of a wave of música mexicana acts that have redefined the genre’s look, sound, and commercial ceiling in the streaming era. —Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2026

In May 2025, Super Micro won city approval for a building totaling 333,400 square feet that could be the vanguard of a tech campus that, if fully built out, could total 3 million square feet at the East Brokaw property. —George Avalos, Mercury News, 2 Mar. 2026

The chatbot and the droid appeared to be in league, robotic species on the vanguard of civilizational collapse. —Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026

By inviting guests in after the main galleries have closed, MACAM, which opened last March, is on the vanguard of museums that are adding fresh fine-dining experiences to enliven institutions beyond what’s on the walls. —Michelle Tchea, Travel + Leisure, 6 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for the vanguard

• bodyguard
• boulevard
• disregard
• asgard
• backyard
• barnyard
• blackguard
• bombard
• brickyard
• canard
• churchyard
• coastguard