at the vanguard
idiom
: in the position of the leaders of an action or movement in society, politics, art, etc.
They are at the vanguard of a revolution in medical research.
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Huawei has been hit hard by U.S. restrictions on semiconductor exports to China and is at the vanguard of Chinese efforts to become self-sufficient and a leader in technology.
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Fatima Hussein, Fortune Asia, 5 Apr. 2024
These revelations have put the biologist at the vanguard of a new field called basal cognition.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
California has long been at the vanguard of electoral reforms that produce fairer results, and the top-two primary was an important innovation.
—David Daley, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
City officials in Portland and their state counterparts in Oregon, who not long ago were at the vanguard of decriminalization, have moved to crack down again on drug use.
—Mitch Smith, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Three decades ago, New York was at the vanguard of a national movement to prevent such exploitation.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2024
As so often, Community stood at the vanguard of a cultural shift and probably pushed it along.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
Appy Pie, a leading app builder and website builder, with its finger on the pulse of these technological shifts, stands at the vanguard of this transformation.
—Jon Stojan, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
Now, as these bitter divisions re-emerge, disillusioned reservists are at the vanguard of movements demanding a political reset, seeking unity and repudiating what many view as extreme polarization.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
Fatima Hussein, Fortune Asia, 5 Apr. 2024
These revelations have put the biologist at the vanguard of a new field called basal cognition.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Scientific American, 21 Sep. 2020
California has long been at the vanguard of electoral reforms that produce fairer results, and the top-two primary was an important innovation.
—David Daley, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
City officials in Portland and their state counterparts in Oregon, who not long ago were at the vanguard of decriminalization, have moved to crack down again on drug use.
—Mitch Smith, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2024
Three decades ago, New York was at the vanguard of a national movement to prevent such exploitation.
—Jake Pearson, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2024
As so often, Community stood at the vanguard of a cultural shift and probably pushed it along.
—Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2024
Appy Pie, a leading app builder and website builder, with its finger on the pulse of these technological shifts, stands at the vanguard of this transformation.
—Jon Stojan, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2024
Now, as these bitter divisions re-emerge, disillusioned reservists are at the vanguard of movements demanding a political reset, seeking unity and repudiating what many view as extreme polarization.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
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