the vanguard

noun

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

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Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, are amid the vanguard of innovators now imagining next-gen telecom networks in the atmosphere, the stratosphere, and orbit. Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025 Netflix, of course, is the vanguard of the new entertainment streaming future that uses AI/BI. Glenn Mathis, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 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 But delegates and party leaders largely argued that the state needs to continue to be on the vanguard of such matters. Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 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 11 Sep. 2025.

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