the vanguard
noun
: the soldiers, ships, etc., that are at the front of a fighting force that is moving forward
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These young researchers, in the vanguard of American science, aren’t lobbying Congress.
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John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Look, the Justice Department has always been the vanguard against this kind of thing regardless of party across the history of our country.
—ABC News, 1 June 2025
If being the vanguard means exerting power, Smotrich has succeeded.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
What rank-and-file Democrats really wanted was someone who could beat Trump, not the vanguard of radical change.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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John Drake, Forbes.com, 19 June 2025
Look, the Justice Department has always been the vanguard against this kind of thing regardless of party across the history of our country.
—ABC News, 1 June 2025
If being the vanguard means exerting power, Smotrich has succeeded.
—Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
What rank-and-file Democrats really wanted was someone who could beat Trump, not the vanguard of radical change.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 11 Apr. 2025
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 5 Jul. 2025.
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