How to Use at the vanguard in a Sentence

at the vanguard

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  • Investors can’t get enough of a firm at the vanguard of a hot new tech sector.
    Alena Botros, Fortune, 21 June 2024
  • Danny Rensch is at the vanguard of chess.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • And at the vanguard of these successes are national pride and culture.
    Meron Demisse, Quartz, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Our intention was always to be not just on the edge, but the bleeding edge and to be at the vanguard of the industry.
    Christopher Marquis, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Rather than a baseball anomaly, the Dodgers could be at the vanguard of a trend in professional sports.
    Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
  • That has sparked an identity crisis at a company that was once at the vanguard of the industry.
    Morgan Meaker, WIRED, 18 Apr. 2024
  • Now, almost a quarter of a century after her death, the princess is once more at the vanguard of fashion and media.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2020
  • During the years that followed, Beckwourth stayed at the vanguard of exploration.
    Amanda Bellows, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 June 2024
  • That’s because the new law is at the vanguard of a global push to, well, make online life safer, especially for children.
    Bydavid Meyer, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • These revelations have put the biologist at the vanguard of a new field called basal cognition.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Baldwin follows other dance critics in affirming Graham’s place at the vanguard of a new kind of dance.
    Charlie Tyson, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2022
  • The 1990s were a golden era for the theme park industry and Disney was at the vanguard of it.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • For years, Idaho has been at the vanguard of the culture wars that are playing out in conservative states across the country.
    Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 4 June 2024
  • Three decades ago, New York was at the vanguard of a national movement to prevent such exploitation.
    Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Smith, after years at the vanguard, now finds himself at odds with the Evangelical Zeitgeist.
    Sam Kestenbaum, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2026
  • As so often, Community stood at the vanguard of a cultural shift and probably pushed it along.
    Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
  • The company is at the vanguard of a contentious push by meat and dairy industries trying to rebrand as climate solutions.
    Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 22 Jan. 2024
  • These companies at the vanguard are also looking at future board-level ownership of client outcomes.
    Rachel Lyubovitzky, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Musk has been at the vanguard of the corporate shift to cryptocurrency investments and has been a public cheerleader of the asset.
    The Insider, Forbes, 27 May 2021
  • The beacon-like structures, and the watchers who staff them, were once at the vanguard of fire detection across the West's abundant forestlands and high mountains.
    Gregory Thomas, San Francisco Chronicle, 24 Sep. 2022
  • Navy Theodore Roosevelt convinced that the country was ready to compete at the vanguard of modern naval technology.
    Taína Caragol, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Corporate boards stand at the vanguard of ethical AI governance.
    Byjeffrey Saviano, Fortune, 8 May 2024
  • Spaeth, who was visiting from western Washington, is at the vanguard of the tracking revolution.
    Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • The setlist included pieces from his days at the vanguard of electronica as well as memorable works from a 40-year film-composing career.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Mar. 2024
  • The Wolves manager has put himself at the vanguard of England’s next generation of coaches with many tipping him for the top of the sport.
    Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The 76-year-old has long been at the vanguard of the environmental movement and is excited by novel technologies.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Apple has been at the vanguard of a group of Big Tech companies that are increasingly taking over people's lives — and the stock market.
    Stephen Gandel, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The brand had long been at the vanguard of American fashion, but the business underneath was relying on outlet sales and price promotions.
    Evan Clark, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Both Khanna and Lee have been at the vanguard of pushing their party to the left not just in Congress, but also in electoral politics.
    Joe Garofoli, SFChronicle.com, 16 Aug. 2020
  • Appy Pie, a leading app builder and website builder, with its finger on the pulse of these technological shifts, stands at the vanguard of this transformation.
    Jon Stojan, Detroit Free Press, 12 June 2024

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