vanguard
noun
the foremost division or the front part of an army; advance guard; van.
vanguards
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pluralof vanguard.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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And it found him in the person of Yevgeny Prigozhin, one of those quixotic, improbable adventurers who, over the past two centuries, have served as the vanguards of new forms of empire.
From Salon ● Oct. 22, 2023
“Fashion designers are like the vanguards of innovation, and I love his clothes,” Biden said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2023
From the beginning it was called "the experiment" and the children were referred to as "vanguards", says Mr Jensen.
From BBC ● Mar. 9, 2022
Five Star members, in power, have struggled to maintain the posture — as truth-telling vanguards against corruption — that fed their rise in popularity.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 9, 2019
Our present spaceships, with their robot crews, are the harbingers, the vanguards of future human expeditions to the planets.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
