AVANT-GARDIST Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

avant-gardist

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Definition of avant-gardist

as in pioneer

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Zieha and Blue Bird were also described as pioneers for bringing organic, farm-to-table food to Kansas City at a time when this type of cuisine was entering the mainstream across the country.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026
Graham Hughes | Bloomberg | Getty Images Yoshua Bengio is a Canadian computer scientist, considered to be a central pioneer of modern deep learning.

— Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of pioneer

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Larsson tapped her go-to footwear designer, PC Footwear, for her set, clad in a pair of custom metallic pink buckle boots.

— Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
The terraces surrounding it have been landscaped by Giorgio Fornari, the visual mastermind who also creates the elaborate and evocative sets for the designers’ fashion shows.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026

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Some workers, including developers, have been able to use AI to complete tasks faster.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Instead, Arctos has partnered with a pair of developers—RVX Ventures and Magellan Development Group—to finance and operate the new entertainment district.

— Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 19 Sep. 2026

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