forefront

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(noun.)

VERB + FOREFRONT

remain at/in

Technology innovation has remained in the forefront of the company's strategy for many years.

keep sb/sth at/in/to

come into/to

The young athlete came into the forefront of international tennis after winning three major tournaments.

bring sb/sth to, place sb/sth at/in/to, push sb/sth into/to, put sb/sth (back) at/in, take sb/sth into/to, thrust sb/sth into/to

Her recent discoveries have thrust climate research into the forefront of scientific debate.

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at/in the ~ (of)

The team's new environmental initiative remains in the forefront of their strategic planning.

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at/in/to the forefront of sb's mind

Protecting the environment is in the forefront of many people's minds these days.

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noun

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The leading position or edge.

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.

verb

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To bring to the forefront; to emphasize, or focus on.

The impact of austerity and economic circumstances were forefronted in the more economically deprived countries of the partner countries (BG, GR) and seen as producing a fateful impact on access to diet and healthy lifestyle options.

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noun — the position of greatest importance or advancement

vanguard

noun — the part in the front or nearest the viewer

head

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That laboratory researches topics at the forefront of technology.

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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

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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 tha

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The impact of austerity and economic circumstances were forefronted in the more economically deprived countries of the partner countries (BG, GR) and seen as producing a fateful impact on access to di

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Johannes Gabriel Granö, the author of the classic book "Pure Geography", is at the forefront of Finnish geography.

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At the forefront of our agenda has to be what is best for the citizens.

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