the vanguard
noun
: the soldiers, ships, etc., that are at the front of a fighting force that is moving forward
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Glover now stands at the vanguard of our modern Apollo program, named Artemis, which aims to return humans to the Moon and establish a semi-permanent base there.
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
The mission is the vanguard of NASA's Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts on the moon by 2028 and begin a permanent moon base by 2032.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
There, he was exposed to the vanguard practices of German and American photography in the late nineteen-eighties and early nineties, which took a hip, self-aware approach to image-making.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Samanski joins Savoie and Podkolzin as the vanguard for the Oilers’ youth movement.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 17 Apr. 2026
The mission is the vanguard of NASA's Artemis program, which aims to land astronauts on the moon by 2028 and begin a permanent moon base by 2032.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 2 Apr. 2026
There, he was exposed to the vanguard practices of German and American photography in the late nineteen-eighties and early nineties, which took a hip, self-aware approach to image-making.
—Chris Wiley, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
Samanski joins Savoie and Podkolzin as the vanguard for the Oilers’ youth movement.
—Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
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“The vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20vanguard. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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