the vanguard
noun
: the soldiers, ships, etc., that are at the front of a fighting force that is moving forward
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Japanese companies are in the vanguard of a push to commercialize the technology: Toyota is aiming for as early as 2027, Nissan the year after and Honda by the end of the decade.
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Financial Times, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
These views were clearly on the vanguard, but other religious rationalists and religious dissenters also advocated a comprehensive understanding of religious freedom.
—Steven K. Green, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
Also Read Every Stone Temple Pilots Album, Ranked Cooper’s episode also premieres June 23 and will offer a chronicle of his emergence from the 1960s Detroit rock scene to the vanguard of stage presentation and theatricality while leading the Alice Cooper Group.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 June 2024
Connecticut is in the vanguard of campaign finance reform, so that’s to be expected.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2024
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Financial Times, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
These views were clearly on the vanguard, but other religious rationalists and religious dissenters also advocated a comprehensive understanding of religious freedom.
—Steven K. Green, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2024
Also Read Every Stone Temple Pilots Album, Ranked Cooper’s episode also premieres June 23 and will offer a chronicle of his emergence from the 1960s Detroit rock scene to the vanguard of stage presentation and theatricality while leading the Alice Cooper Group.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 9 June 2024
Connecticut is in the vanguard of campaign finance reform, so that’s to be expected.
—Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2024
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“The vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20vanguard. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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