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as in vanguard
the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts
an artist who was in the van of abstract expressionism
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as in forefront
the leading or most important part of a movement
a company that is considered by some to be in the van of the latest technology for renewable energy
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Defense attorney Brad Rozzi said police never investigated how many vans were registered in the county at the time of the murders.
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Janel Klein, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Synopsis reads: Young Annie (Madison Wolfe) is targeted by an ominous white van that stalks her every move.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Demand is so soft for marijuana that dispensaries will soon begin delivering the stuff, hoping that the convenience and privacy (?) of a dispensary van rolling up to your door will stimulate sales.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
The near-miss follows an accident involving press vans following Harris' vice presidential nominee Tim Walz while driving to a campaign stop in Milwaukee in September.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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Janel Klein, ABC News, 31 Oct. 2024
Synopsis reads: Young Annie (Madison Wolfe) is targeted by an ominous white van that stalks her every move.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 31 Oct. 2024
Demand is so soft for marijuana that dispensaries will soon begin delivering the stuff, hoping that the convenience and privacy (?) of a dispensary van rolling up to your door will stimulate sales.
—Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
The near-miss follows an accident involving press vans following Harris' vice presidential nominee Tim Walz while driving to a campaign stop in Milwaukee in September.
—Chris Ramirez, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
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Since Trump fought the 2020 results in Georgia, the state has turned into a kind of vanguard for the national movement to contest elections.Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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The country is still run by an insular Leninist vanguard that have lived through a traumatic and intimate lesson in the brittleness of their own power.Nick Frisch, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2016
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This is why, even while Google remains at the forefront of navigation apps, the company continues pushing AI integration.Justin Klawans, The Week US, theweek, 11 Nov. 2024
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California will continue to be at the forefront of progress.Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 5 Nov. 2024
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Paul Morrissey, a fixture of New York’s cinema scene whose collaborations with Andy Warhol in the ’60s and ’70s reinvented the American underground and made local legends of amateur actors and transgender performers, died Monday at a hospital in Manhattan.J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024
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To ensure that shooting the CO2 underground doesn’t inadvertently contaminate drinking water sources, the EPA has to issue permits for the new wells under the Safe Drinking Water Act Underground Injection Control program.Justine Calma, The Verge, 5 Sep. 2024
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As a pioneer in personal branding and expert in virtual communication, William Arruda empowers professionals to shine online.William Arruda, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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His groundbreaking role as the first Black musical director of the Academy Awards in 1971 cemented his status as a pioneer.Okla Jones, Essence, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Van.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/van. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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