forefront
noun/ˈfɔrˌfrʌnt/
Frequency rank: #7,484 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
the leading or most important position in a field or movement.
Example sentence
She has always been at the forefront of medical research in her country.
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