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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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The San Francisco 49ers, vanguards of the outside zone run game, cannot run the ball.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
15 Oct. 2025 -
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
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The Swiss start-up FinalSpark is one of the pioneers in this field.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Oct. 2025
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D’Angelo found power in this duality, smashing the barriers between the spiritual and the secular, as had so many Black music pioneers before him.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
18 Oct. 2025
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Trump on Sunday suggested Ukraine and Russia should freeze their bitter conflict along the current front lines, which would cede vast swathes of Ukrainian territory to Russia—which Kyiv has long refused to entertain.—
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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The National Fire Protection Association recommends that fire trucks operate on the front lines — meaning regularly being taken out on calls — no more than 15 years.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
20 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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“Cutting edges.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cutting%20edges. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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