as in vanguard
the leading or most important part of a movement
a politician who was in the forefront of women's rights
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Recent Examples of forefront
With The 5th Dimension, McLemore was at the forefront of a smooth vocal group style that dominated American pop and soul charts in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Kraft’s tenure now has the Patriots at the forefront of a seventh Super Bowl championship against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Bringing them in to lead Jive Records feels like a natural evolution—and a poetic way to revive a label that has been at the forefront of hip-hop and pop.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
Also at the forefront of the outrage is 5-year-old Liam Ramos, who is alive but was forcibly detained by ICE and used as bait to get to his relatives.
—Glamour, 1 Feb. 2026
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Greg Evans, Deadline, 4 Feb. 2026
Kraft’s tenure now has the Patriots at the forefront of a seventh Super Bowl championship against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 3 Feb. 2026
Bringing them in to lead Jive Records feels like a natural evolution—and a poetic way to revive a label that has been at the forefront of hip-hop and pop.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 3 Feb. 2026
Also at the forefront of the outrage is 5-year-old Liam Ramos, who is alive but was forcibly detained by ICE and used as bait to get to his relatives.
—Glamour, 1 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forefront
vanguard
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One of the year’s buzziest debuts so far comes from Xaviersobased, a 22-year-old musician who’s part of a vanguard of digital-native artists whose music is at once informed by the 2010s (Xavier’s name is a nod to millennial rap entity Lil B the BasedGod) and entirely of the moment.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2026
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China’s presumptive position at AI’s vanguard marks a seismic shift.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
27 Jan. 2026
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“Forefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forefront. Accessed 13 Feb. 2026.
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