front-rank
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of front-rank
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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Mandelson had his front-rank political career resurrected three times subsequently: as an EU commissioner; as business secretary and de facto deputy prime minister to Gordon Brown in 2009, and as ambassador to Washington in 2025.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2026
She had to be young so you could have lots of children, she had to be Protestant, she had to be a front-rank aristocrat, and she had to be a virgin.
From Salon • Sep. 6, 2023
With more than 200 works, and a core group of 133 drawings by the beyond-famous artist — the largest number ever assembled — on loan from some 50 front-rank collections, it’s a curatorial coup.
From New York Times • Nov. 9, 2017
“The front-rank Republican candidates are going to have to have some carbon mitigation proposal at some point,” Bledsoe said.
From Scientific American • Aug. 7, 2015
No front-rank, successful person of any kind was usually to be found in Mrs. Money's rooms.
From The Galaxy, April, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—April, 1877.—No. 4. by Various
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