Thesaurus results for FRONT LINES

front lines

noun

plural of front line

as in forefronts

the leading or most important part of a movement Susan B. Anthony was on the front line of the struggle for woman suffrage

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Recent Examples of front lines Closer to the front lines, Russians have employed smaller attack drones to terrorize civilian areas in Ukraine, targeting gas stations and vehicles. — Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026 Utah has been on the front lines of a battle between states and the federal government over who regulates the markets and whether they should be considered finance or gambling. — ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 Zelensky’s assessment demonstrates the tremendous casualties Russia’s military is sustaining on the front lines due to Ukraine’s drone proliferation and development over the course of the war. — Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 4 Aug. 2026 To many of the people on the front lines, though, none of this matters too much. — Justin Worland, Time, 4 Aug. 2026 Never having held a gun, he was thrust onto the front lines in Khartoum. — Sam Mednick, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026 On the front lines of risk Kevin McNease spent some of his best years as a young rescue swimmer flying around the world in his grey Navy helicopter. — Wuft News, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026 The reflexive response to a public-health crisis—to dispatch medical and law-enforcement teams to the front lines—only guarantees the swift elimination of precisely those responsible for effective mitigation. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 25 July 2026 This program, run by the National Advanced Mobility Consortium (NAMC), focuses on creating robots that can deliver supplies in dangerous areas and help keep soldiers safer near the front lines. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026

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One of the real forefronts in the field right now is figuring out how to solve the delivery problem for all these other tissue types.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 11 June 2026
Coworth forefronts its equestrian roots, with stables on site as well as polo fields.

— Lydia Bell, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2026

Definition of forefronts

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The company will evaluate applications for nose cones, fins, leading edges, bulkheads, and other high-performance structures that require precision and durability.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 22 June 2026
Traveling over five times the speed of sound generates immense friction and drag, resulting in the leading edges reaching temperatures beyond 1,650 °C (3,000 °F).

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025

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