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
At the forefront of it all was Branch, who finished his UGA career the most emphatic way possible — hitting a home run.
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Hunter Delauder, AJC.com, 18 June 2026
These articles feature guidance written by working engineers, meant to help those in all stages of their careers stay at the forefront of their profession.
—Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2026
Despite All Odds, Beirut’s Jazz Scene Persists The new generation of musicians and venues at the forefront of Lebanon’s jazz comeback.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
Leifman said the center will be the first of its kind in the country, putting Miami-Dade on the forefront of alternative approaches to using mental-health treatment to reduce arrests — particularly among a city’s homeless population.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
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Hunter Delauder, AJC.com, 18 June 2026
These articles feature guidance written by working engineers, meant to help those in all stages of their careers stay at the forefront of their profession.
—Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2026
Despite All Odds, Beirut’s Jazz Scene Persists The new generation of musicians and venues at the forefront of Lebanon’s jazz comeback.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
Leifman said the center will be the first of its kind in the country, putting Miami-Dade on the forefront of alternative approaches to using mental-health treatment to reduce arrests — particularly among a city’s homeless population.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for forefront
vanguard
Noun
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If experimental and vanguard poetry is set on fragmenting the lyric I, verse plays and poet’s theater redistribute it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Most notably, the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab or CSAIL, directed capably by my colleague Daniela Rus, is in there, where intrepid teams work on such vanguard projects as liquid AI models.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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“Forefront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forefront. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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