as in to lead
to serve as leader of
unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement
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Recent Examples of spearhead
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 June 2026
Carlos Cuerpo, now Spain’s deputy prime minister, helped spearhead the country’s post-pandemic economic strategy.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Will Barker, TheWeek, 21 Jan. 2026
So all these ideas coalesced, but the spearhead was the idea of faith.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
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Verb
The literary affairs team, led by Clare Reeth, spearheaded efforts to land rights to the book.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 1 June 2026
Carlos Cuerpo, now Spain’s deputy prime minister, helped spearhead the country’s post-pandemic economic strategy.
—Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 1 June 2026
Noun
The main spearhead of the scheme is Octopus Energy, which became the UK’s largest energy supplier in 2024, said The Independent.
—Will Barker, TheWeek, 21 Jan. 2026
So all these ideas coalesced, but the spearhead was the idea of faith.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spearhead
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In War and Peace, Tolstoy’s concept—among a million other things—was to show how the young people who lived through the Napoleonic invasion went on to lead Russia’s first democratic uprising, the Decembrist Revolt of 1825.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2026
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In addition to his onscreen role, the jazz musician played guitar in the show's in-studio ensemble, led by musical director and colleague Johnny Costa.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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More 'woke' allegations to come, Starbuck says Starbuck was at the forefront of a wave of the social media backlash against the commitments corporate America made to DEI and to gay and transgender people in response to the 2020 police killing of George Floyd.—
Jessica Guynn,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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Rita Ferro, the media giant's global advertising chief, will be at the forefront.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
1 June 2026
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The neighborhood/area Housed in a former fort, the hotel occupies a commanding position over the village of Delwara.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Brazil will head off to their World Cup headquarters in New Jersey this week with a spring in their step after a commanding victory against Panama on Sunday night.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
1 June 2026
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The start-up scene, with its conferences, workshops, and accelerators; its Silicon Valley–like culture; its foreign investors and advisers; looked to him and others like the leading edge of such a threat.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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This critical milestone positions AMD’s server CPU lineup at the leading edge of semiconductor fabrication, with direct implications for data center compute density, power efficiency, and competitive dynamics in the enterprise processor market.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
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“Spearhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spearhead. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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