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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Enter Black creators, who are at the forefront of AI’s inevitable intrigue, instinctively finding home in the strangely familiar newness of technological development.
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Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
These businesses are both committed and sufficiently large to be able to share the risk and place themselves at the forefront of change.
—Sebastian Buckup, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Keeping doctors in Doximity's loop Tangney has worked to keep that dorm-room mindset at the forefront of Doximity, fostering curiosity and close collaboration.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
As a brand at the forefront of innovations, Swarovski created its Crystal Pearls 25 years ago.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
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Essence, 24 Sep. 2025
These businesses are both committed and sufficiently large to be able to share the risk and place themselves at the forefront of change.
—Sebastian Buckup, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
Keeping doctors in Doximity's loop Tangney has worked to keep that dorm-room mindset at the forefront of Doximity, fostering curiosity and close collaboration.
—Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Sep. 2025
As a brand at the forefront of innovations, Swarovski created its Crystal Pearls 25 years ago.
—Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forefront
vanguard
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The home of world-leading firms such as Samsung, Hyundai, and LG spent decades at technology’s vanguard, but fortunes have wilted in recent years because of a stifling regulatory environment, demographic pressures, and fierce competition from China.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
17 Sep. 2025
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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
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“Forefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forefront. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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