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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
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.
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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
Gerwig, at age 41, represents film culture’s new feminist vanguard; her renown is an extension of the media celebration that established the international activism of Thunberg, now 22.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Mar. 2025
After a not-too-short hiatus, the Warriors again look like the capital T, capital W Dubs — vanguards of ball and player movement and the smartest team in the NBA.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
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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
Gerwig, at age 41, represents film culture’s new feminist vanguard; her renown is an extension of the media celebration that established the international activism of Thunberg, now 22.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Mar. 2025
After a not-too-short hiatus, the Warriors again look like the capital T, capital W Dubs — vanguards of ball and player movement and the smartest team in the NBA.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanguard
Noun
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And Dana Walden was sort of a pioneer both at Fox’s studio and then at the network of things that were edgy.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
2 May 2025
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Choose from the Legends Tee, which honors Black pioneers of skateboarding with six black-and-white, high-contrast action shots, or the Wheels Tee, an homage to skateboarders’ determination and grit.—
Alia Yee Noll,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Simply by being president, Trump has waded into the same fraught waters Stephens did back in 2007 by putting politics at the forefront of commencement weekend.—
Chelsea Bailey,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Silverman has been at the forefront of innovative dealmaking through his role as a savvy and ambitious William Morris Agency agent who helped spark the reality TV boom of the early 2000s.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
1 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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“Vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanguard. Accessed 15 May. 2025.
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