vanguard

van·guard | \ ˈvan-ˌgärd

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Definition of vanguard

1 : the forefront of an action or movement

2 : the troops moving at the head of an army

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a style of jazz that the vanguard quickly recognized as new and exciting talk radio is often regarded as being in the vanguard of the conservative movement

Recent Examples on the Web But today, with gig-companies at the vanguard, major businesses are challenging this premise with the backing of conservative politicians across the country. — Andrew Schwartz, The New Republic, "Gig-Working Through the Apocalypse," 8 Apr. 2020 Founded in 1946 to fight malaria in Southern states, the CDC is at the vanguard in the fight against infectious diseases throughout the nation. — Anchorage Daily News, "Inside the coronavirus testing failure: Alarm and dismay among the scientists who sought to help," 4 Apr. 2020 As so often, Community stood at the vanguard of a cultural shift, and probably pushed it along. — Christian Holub, EW.com, "The 15 best episodes of Community," 3 Apr. 2020 Designers and design thinkers, who have always been at the vanguard of the remote work revolution, will play a leading role in taking this trend mainstream. — Clay Chandler, Fortune, "The user experience of “teleworking” evolves with the times," 17 Mar. 2020 After one year in the developmental G League, where Covington played for a proudly experimental team that operated on the vanguard of basketball, he was waived by the Rockets in 2014. — Ben Cohen, WSJ, "The NBA’s Best Teams Are Battling for—Wait, Who?," 22 Jan. 2020 Kucinich, once on the vanguard of the far-left of his party, endorsed Gabbard's 2020 Democratic presidential campaign last December. — Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, "Tulsi Gabbard counterprograms Iowa debate by talking Iran with Dennis Kucinich," 14 Jan. 2020 Over the past 20 years, a new vanguard of African-American creators has helped define the 21st century. — New York Times, "The African-American Art Shaping the 21st Century," 19 Mar. 2020 Nehru’s India historically prided itself as a quixotic vanguard of the Nonaligned Movement, frequently subordinating its own geopolitical interests to ethereal notions of anticolonial, Third World brotherhood. — WSJ, "Modi Is Transforming India’s Foreign Affairs," 8 Mar. 2020

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“Vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vanguard. Accessed 5 Jun. 2020.

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vanguard

noun

English Language Learners Definition of vanguard

: the group of people who are the leaders of an action or movement in society, politics, art, etc.

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

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vanguard

van·guard | \ ˈvan-ˌgärd

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Kids Definition of vanguard

1 : the troops moving at the front of an army

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