vanward
Americanadjective
adjective
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Origin of vanward
Example Sentences
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In a sign of how the deterioration in relations between the two superpowers is starting to affect corporate planning, there was interest in a Financial Times report that said one of China's biggest water-heater manufacturers Vanward New Electric claimed its U.S. clients had demanded it move production out of China in response to the rising tension.
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Till this hour St. George's standard Led the advancing march of time; England! keep it streaming vanward, Conqueror over age and clime!'
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Vanward the same kind of enclosures, more ornate in their fashion, shut in a grassy court, to which admission was gained through a heavy iron gate swung between square, stuccoed pillars, each of which was surmounted by a couchant lion carved in stone.
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The Duke of York so dread The eager vanward led; With the main Henry sped Amongst his henchmen.
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But our place must be the vanward, Other leading brook not we— Bearing England's banner onward, The Britannia cleaves the sea.
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