AVANT-GARDISTS Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

avant-gardists

noun

plural of avant-gardist

as in pioneers

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The film mixes archive footage from the 1980s, staged reconstructions and contemporary footage from rehearsals featuring young people for whom drag is more a form of self-expression than for the pioneers.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2026
Here the past remains unchanged and lovingly maintained in honor of the rugged pioneers who made the desert bloom.

— Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of pioneers

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To avoid the failures of past wealth taxes, Prop 40's designers have tried to plug potential leaks.

— Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 2 Nov. 2026
Manufacturers need processes that work reliably at industrial scale, while brands and designers expect specific visual results.

— Angela Velasquez, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of designers

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One of the country’s leading sodium-ion battery developers, Hina Battery, is planning a 10 GWh production base in Wuhan and has partnered with a vehicle manufacturer to develop electric sanitation trucks.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026
But it’s also led to plenty of copyright claims and takedown requests from publishers and developers.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 1 Nov. 2026

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