forefront

Definitions

1. The leading position or edge.
2. Avant-garde, forefront.

Equivalents

Examples

“That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.”

“Today, the pocket calculator is a dying product, a casualty of digitization, which has been relegated to the role of a graphic icon on phone and computer screens rather than an object in its own⟳ right, but back in the early 1970s, it was at the forefront of consumer technology.”

“It is time the international community faced the reality: we have⟳ an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today – with America standing out in the forefront and the UK not far behind.”

“He said that with the world facing a climate crisis, "it is up to those at the forefront of our industry - like⟳ Network Rail - to lead⟳ by example".”

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