as in vanguards
the leading or most important part of a movement
a politician who was in the forefront of women's rights
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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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Russian casualties have risen largely because of a change in the nature of the front lines over the last year.—
Thomas Wright,
The Atlantic,
11 Nov. 2025
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The situation at the front lines indicates the opposite.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Forefronts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forefronts. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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