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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
Palestinian elections held the following year resulted in a major win for Hamas, leading to a crisis in the fledgling PA government and a violent rift between the Islamist group and the traditional Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) vanguard of Fatah, a secular, leftist movement.
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Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Those involved with the brand have described Reuss as a protector, vanguard and even spiritual leader of sorts for Cadillac.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 5 May 2025
The sense that reopened doors to a market of hundreds of millions of potential fans and recent pledges between Korea, China, and Japan to deepen economic ties could be an important cultural vanguard for greater future harmony and opportunity.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Ghazi is part of a vanguard of ultrarich investors betting on a particularly down-and-out asset: San Francisco commercial real estate.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
Those involved with the brand have described Reuss as a protector, vanguard and even spiritual leader of sorts for Cadillac.
—Michael Wayland, CNBC, 5 May 2025
The sense that reopened doors to a market of hundreds of millions of potential fans and recent pledges between Korea, China, and Japan to deepen economic ties could be an important cultural vanguard for greater future harmony and opportunity.
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Ghazi is part of a vanguard of ultrarich investors betting on a particularly down-and-out asset: San Francisco commercial real estate.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vanguard
Noun
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William Arruda is a keynote speaker, author, and personal branding pioneer.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Brian Wilson, leader of The Beach Boys, widely acknowledged as one of America’s all-time greatest composers, a pioneer of advanced studio techniques, and one of the most sensitive chroniclers of the Californian experience, has died at age 82.—
Barry Walters,
Billboard,
11 June 2025
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Fox One is launching by the fall, and puts sports at the forefront of its overall offering.—
John Cassillo,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Todd Simmons is at the forefront of the Mansfield City Council Place 5 race over opponent Melisa Perez according to unofficial polling data.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2025
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Wearing a green military uniform and short beard, Salami took the salute of soldiers in the cavernous underground complex and walked over the United States and Israel flags on the ground.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
13 June 2025
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By the end of the first season, Marie and her new friends discover a secret underground facility where students are being experimented upon in the hopes of developing a super virus that can kill supes.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of Talking Heads, the avant-garde New York band that helped redefine Seventies rock & roll, especially that coming out of the city.—
Rolling Stone,
Rolling Stone,
16 June 2025
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Landry became a kind of cultural conduit—a link between the avant-garde scene of the North and the Cajun and Creole cultures of the South.—
Reya Hart,
The Atlantic,
15 June 2025
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“Vanguard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vanguard. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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