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as in pioneer
the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts
a style of jazz that the vanguard quickly recognized as new and exciting
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as in forefront
the leading or most important part of a movement
talk radio is often regarded as being in the vanguard of the conservative movement
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Recent Examples of vanguard
Since its founding in 1913 at Howard University, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. has stood as a vanguard of leadership, scholarship, and public service.
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 10 July 2025
Lalonde was key in developing a unique strategy that brought the group’s vanguard brands B&B Italia, Flos, Louis Poulsen, Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena under one roof.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
If EVs are any augury, America’s days at technology’s vanguard might be numbered.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
Once associated with pioneer women in long dresses, Latter-day Saints are increasingly represented by a new vanguard of social media influencers.
—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 10 July 2025
Lalonde was key in developing a unique strategy that brought the group’s vanguard brands B&B Italia, Flos, Louis Poulsen, Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena under one roof.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 27 June 2025
If EVs are any augury, America’s days at technology’s vanguard might be numbered.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 29 May 2025
Once associated with pioneer women in long dresses, Latter-day Saints are increasingly represented by a new vanguard of social media influencers.
—Lauren Jackson, New York Times, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanguard
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Alexander Jabbour is an Engineering Lead at Rilla, an industry pioneer in real-time sales conversation feedback.—
Alexander Jabbour,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Visitors can also stop by the Leonard Reid House, built in 1926 by one of Sarasota’s early Black pioneers, Leonard Reid, or visit the Greater Newtown Historical Gallery, a repository of Newtown history that includes family photo collections and artifacts.—
Mariette Williams,
AFAR Media,
9 Sep. 2025
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To that end, Johnson and the CTU’s Springfield strategy has been at the forefront of all their public messaging on how the school district gets out of this fiscal predicament.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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As always, animals will be at the forefront of the annual fair with shows for dairy cows, beef, swine, sheep and poultry taking over AGtivity Hall for showmanship competitions.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025
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But now European and American scientists are exploring whether the first human Martians could find refuge via dormant volcanos scattered across the Red Planet, inside lava tubes that criss-cross the Mars underground.—
Kevin Holden Platt,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Sibiya said the men had been killed by gas underground, their bodies carried out of the mine by colleagues and left for the police to find.—
Tommy Trenchard,
NPR,
23 Aug. 2025
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Former classrooms have been reborn as elegant, high-ceilinged guest rooms, dressed in soft, gauzy tones and adorned with artwork (most from the postwar avant-garde Cobra movement) culled from owner Alex Mulder’s private collection.—
Siobhan Reid,
Vogue,
23 Aug. 2025
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Originally manufactured by Italian furniture house Edra, the piece, which is no longer in production, has become an icon in avant-garde furniture design.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanguard. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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