as in vanguard
the leading or most important part of a movement
a politician who was in the forefront of women's rights
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The officials with the Phoenix’s Office of Heat Response and Mitigation plan to tackle the challenges facing a city at the forefront of extreme heat.
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Trump has been at the forefront of UFC recently, as fights are slated to take place on the White House Lawn on July 4 next year to commemorate the United States' 250th birthday.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Rather, who continues to work in journalism at age 93, did little press when the documentary, which traces his decades at the forefront of journalism, launched last year.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has been at the forefront of the basketball world for over two decades.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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John Leos, AZCentral.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Trump has been at the forefront of UFC recently, as fights are slated to take place on the White House Lawn on July 4 next year to commemorate the United States' 250th birthday.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Rather, who continues to work in journalism at age 93, did little press when the documentary, which traces his decades at the forefront of journalism, launched last year.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James has been at the forefront of the basketball world for over two decades.
—Ricardo Klein, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forefront
vanguard
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Behrman successfully pitched his boss at Columbia Masterworks a new series, called Music of Our Time, showcasing the classical vanguard and its potential intersections with the longhair rock market.—
William Robin,
New Yorker,
26 Aug. 2025
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The theater was squarely in the exhibition vanguard then, designed and equipped as a boutique-size 750-seat alternative to the massive Balaban & Katz auditoriums of the day (the Chicago Theatre was the flagship).—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Forefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forefront. Accessed 6 Sep. 2025.
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