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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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Olds and his wife, Metta Ursula Woodward Olds, were known to entertain such automotive pioneers as Henry Ford, Harvey Firestone, John and Horace Dodge, as well as Frederic and Charles Fisher at the island estate.—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Freep.com,
31 Aug. 2025 -
History permeates all of Boone, where American pioneers first homesteaded in the 1700s.—
Sheri Castle,
Southern Living,
31 Aug. 2025
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Some CEOs step directly into their roles, but some of us got here the long way—by fixing broken processes, building systems ourselves and earning trust on the front lines before becoming CEO.—
Raja Walia,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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For generations, Black communities have been on the front lines when policy experiments fail.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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In the new Regensdorf trial, RIVR ONE robots will be hitching rides in Swiss Post delivery vans, then carrying select Swiss Post parcels and Migros Online grocery deliveries from those vans to clients' doorsteps.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
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In photos published by The Sun, several police vans and fire trucks are seen surrounding the plane on the runway at Heathrow Airport.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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