How to Use the vanguard in a Sentence

the vanguard

noun
  • Theme parks are at the vanguard of this growth.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • In jazz, like all artforms, the vanguard can become the old guard in the blink of an eye.
    — Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
  • The brigades are expected to be in the vanguard of the attack.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 16 May 2023
  • For creative people, this is just on the vanguard and is front and center.
    — Brian Welk, IndieWire, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Birmingham officials could soon be in the vanguard of giving more rights to renters.
    — Bill Laytner, Detroit Free Press, 24 Apr. 2023
  • That newfound success puts Colorado on the vanguard of land-use reform, the experts said.
    — Seth Klamann, The Denver Post, 20 May 2024
  • Not just the mill girls, but the girls on the vanguard of freedom movements in the United States and around the world now.
    — Time, 13 June 2023
  • Today, the mayor is still proudly in the vanguard of the progressive movement.
    — Will Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The very same board that has been on the vanguard of school choice, approving over 40 charter schools in the last 10 years.
    — Stefan Bean, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Stern Pinball is in the vanguard of this renaissance, making home and arcade versions of many of its games.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2019
  • Connecticut is in the vanguard of campaign finance reform, so that’s to be expected.
    — Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 May 2024
  • The implication is that what the vanguard struggled to achieve by fiat was going to happen anyway.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The chatbot and the droid appeared to be in league, robotic species on the vanguard of civilizational collapse.
    — Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2026
  • These days some people might praise Jerry as being in the vanguard of the struggle for a reasonable work-life balance.
    — Larry Edelman, BostonGlobe.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • This station is one that’s really on the vanguard of embracing podcasting.
    — Amrita Khalid, The Verge, 5 Sep. 2023
  • The bulk of the nine Ukrainian brigades has yet to be committed to the fight, but the vanguard of that main assault force is already making its mark.
    — Eric Schmitt, New York Times, 23 June 2023
  • Many Jews would perish, and the remnants would become the vanguard of believers in Jesus.
    — Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Corporal Scott and his battalion are in the vanguard but the human forces are no match for their brutal alien adversaries.
    — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2025
  • By relying on methane, Starship is at the vanguard of a major transition in the launch business away from kerosene.
    — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 May 2026
  • Prada is known in the industry as the vanguard of challenging and creative designs, as is Miu Miu.
    — Rachel Tashjian, CNN Money, 4 Dec. 2025
  • But from that terrible nadir, football’s popularity grew again, with United in the vanguard on and off the pitch.
    — Matt Slater, The Athletic, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Samanski joins Savoie and Podkolzin as the vanguard for the Oilers’ youth movement.
    — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2026
  • If being the vanguard means exerting power, Smotrich has succeeded.
    — Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 30 May 2025
  • Others running the caucus have been on the vanguard of those pushing unfounded election fraud allegations in the state.
    — Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The pilots returned to Iran as the vanguard of their country’s air force, but in 1979 the Shah was overthrown.
    — Stephen Witt, Popular Mechanics, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Of course, Veep’s sycophants, buffoons, and backstabbers bear little resemblance to the vanguard of our latest regime.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
  • Corporate legal teams have been in the vanguard of enterprise re-imagination of the legal function.
    — Mark A. Cohen, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Reports all the way to Astoria have been grim, although the vanguard of a decent upriver Columbia run is due any day.
    — Bill Monroe, oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
  • What may be surprising is that a brand well-known as a trailblazer in consumer payments was also the vanguard of the commercial payments industry.
    — Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • This exhibition is a testament to Stout’s enduring relevance in a city that prides itself on being the vanguard of the art world.
    — Ascend Agency, New York Daily News, 6 May 2024

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