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as in vanguards
the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts
an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge
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as in leading edges
the leading or most important part of a movement
a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media
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Noun
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He’s so far collaborated with acts like Ecco2k and Xaviersobased, themselves vanguards of the underground-rap scene.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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New Metric Media Founder & CEO, Mark Montefiore said Chris and Pat Kelly are podcast pioneers.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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There's a reason why a modern late-night program like Fallon's Tonight Show now has hip-hop pioneers The Roots as its house band.—
Eric Deggans,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Overburdened infantrymen who had been on the front lines for months, some since the Normandy landings, remained there for weeks and months on end.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Oct. 2025
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Xipaia herself is at the front lines of the battle to preserve the Amazon, all while facing multiple assassination attempts, as well as impending motherhood.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
13 Oct. 2025
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Soon after, we residents started noticing an increase in vans and RVs parking overnight in our neighborhoods.—
Glen Volk,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Oct. 2025
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They were surrounded by the health ministry’s vans and overlooking them were laid out over a hundred empty chairs, seemingly civilians.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
14 Oct. 2025
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