as in leads
to serve as leader of
unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement
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Recent Examples of spearheads
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
His eldest son Lorenzo, who joined the company in 2017, spearheads the group’s ESG efforts and forward-facing evolution.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
RuPaul, 64, spearheads his titular series, RuPaul’s Drag Race, as host, judge and producer.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Melissa Beeson Dixon, director of operations, lives on-site and spearheads the animal husbandry, manages volunteers and coordinates the various programs.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
In addition, Brown spearheads Lionsgate’s interactive games and consumer products segments.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2025
His eldest son Lorenzo, who joined the company in 2017, spearheads the group’s ESG efforts and forward-facing evolution.
—Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 10 Sep. 2025
RuPaul, 64, spearheads his titular series, RuPaul’s Drag Race, as host, judge and producer.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Melissa Beeson Dixon, director of operations, lives on-site and spearheads the animal husbandry, manages volunteers and coordinates the various programs.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spearheads
Verb
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Anticipating and preparing for war leads quite naturally to accepting its inevitability.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Boozman leads the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee, which has legislative jurisdiction over matters involving nutrition programs.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The drama was about a war correspondent on the front lines of Afghanistan.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Trump has called for an immediate stop to the fighting along current front lines, which Moscow has rejected.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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The news came as about 300 people marched in a circle in front of the entrance to Coast Guard Island, an artificial island between Oakland and Alameda that houses several major United States Coast Guard commands.—
Terry Collins,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Catturd commands significant influence online.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Detroit automaker allocated the electric commercial vans into its Chevrolet brand last year in a bid to boost its performance as GM tries to gain ground against competitors, including Ford and Rivian, in the market.—
Jackie Charniga,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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The problem is especially pressing with lithium iron phosphate batteries, the kind most commonly used in EVs, E-delivery vans, and E-buses.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Spearheads.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spearheads. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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