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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
Yes, Barcelona comes across normally as a cool place, a vanguard city which everybody wants to visit.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Teyana Taylor is taking her fashion vanguard reputation to new heights in the desert.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
In the 1950s, the Eisenhower administration decided that the transportation vanguard was off the tracks, creating — and, critically, continuously funding — the interstate highway system, fueling the world's proudest car culture.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
As the old vanguard of civil rights leaders pass, who will fill the void?
—Brittany Luse, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
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John Hopewell, Variety, 25 Apr. 2026
Teyana Taylor is taking her fashion vanguard reputation to new heights in the desert.
—Lara Walsh, InStyle, 12 Apr. 2026
In the 1950s, the Eisenhower administration decided that the transportation vanguard was off the tracks, creating — and, critically, continuously funding — the interstate highway system, fueling the world's proudest car culture.
—Jon Wertheim, CBS News, 5 Apr. 2026
As the old vanguard of civil rights leaders pass, who will fill the void?
—Brittany Luse, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for vanguard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanguard
Noun
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William Arruda is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and personal branding pioneer.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Your mother, heroically, became a warrior and a frontierswoman, an explorer, a pioneer.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 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
Noun
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Visitors help the staff dig and build a traditional imu underground with volcanic rocks, banana stumps, ti leaves and burlap sacks, and then fill the pit with mea ʻai staples like kālua pork, chicken, taro, yams and breadfruit.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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When oil wells are shut in, the pressure underground can become imbalanced, deforming the underlying structure.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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The show, which featured a sizzling performance by Walton Goggins, as an authoritarian vigilante, was an avant-garde breakthrough for television.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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Tezuka 100th Anniversary Project The Book of Human Insects, directed by Ken Ninomiya, celebrating one of most avant-garde works of the ‘God of Manga’ Osamu Tezuka.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
17 May 2026
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“Vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanguard. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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