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1
the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts
- an artist who was in the van of abstract expressionism
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2
the leading or most important part of a movement
- a company that is considered by some to be in the van of the latest technology for renewable energy
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The first known use of van was in the 14th century
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