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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
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The Little Review, the radical and short-lived magazine helmed by Jane Heap and Margaret Anderson, was a vanguard of modernism in American culture.
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The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024
Writer-director Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, out December 25, aims to lead the latest in the fang-banging vanguard.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2024
Katy Perry 39, received this year's video vanguard award and treated viewers to a medley of her biggest hits — plus, presumably, material from her upcoming 143 album.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
Other major award winners at the ceremony included Glen Powell, who won star of the year, as well as Ana de Armas, who won action star of the year and Lindsay Lohan, who won the event's vanguard award.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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The New York Review of Books, 29 Nov. 2024
Writer-director Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu, out December 25, aims to lead the latest in the fang-banging vanguard.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 25 Dec. 2024
Katy Perry 39, received this year's video vanguard award and treated viewers to a medley of her biggest hits — plus, presumably, material from her upcoming 143 album.
—Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2024
Other major award winners at the ceremony included Glen Powell, who won star of the year, as well as Ana de Armas, who won action star of the year and Lindsay Lohan, who won the event's vanguard award.
—Tommy McArdle, People.com, 4 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanguard
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One of the pioneers of the English-only movement was Samuel Ichiye Hayakawa, a naturalized American who was born in Canada, to Japanese parents, in 1906.—
Graciela Mochkofsky,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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The Oscar-winning artist last trod the boards 10 years ago, portraying DNA pioneer scientist Rosalind Franklin in Anna Ziegler’s play Photograph 51, directed by Michael Grandage.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
19 May 2025
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Immigration policy being at the forefront of politics is nothing new.—
Elise Hammond,
CNN Money,
17 May 2025
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At the forefront of his mind is technological advancement, ecological concerns, and the question of mass migration.—
Timothy Nerozzi,
The Washington Examiner,
16 May 2025
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Now throw in the fact that buying passwords on the criminal underground, be that by the way of dark web marketplaces or surface web criminal forums, is stupidly cheap.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
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By downplaying riders’ fears, advocates have allowed the MTA to be framed as a lawless underground.—
David Garten,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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As reported, Post Archive Faction, an avant-garde men’s sportswear and experimental outerwear brand founded by Korean designers Dongjoon Lim and Sookyo Jeong, will also show its spring line at the show.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
8 May 2025
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Jacquemus and Acne Studios, for starters, embraced the polka dot, while Loewe, Marc Jacobs, and Prada gave seasonal blooms an avant-garde twist with unexpected fabrications and cuts.—
Lara Oliveri,
Vogue,
7 May 2025
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