as in to lead
to serve as leader of
unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement
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Recent Examples of spearhead
Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Super-serious guy Liam Neeson is returning to comedy again in the upcoming Naked Gun film, and thankfully, the silliest people in the biz are spearheading the reboot.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Once Saka and Gabriel Martinelli return from their injuries, there will be more options, greater attacking weapons and possibly even another idea to take some of the pressure off Merino as the spearhead.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The Journal, through a video crew, also captured exclusive footage on the ground that would be used in a documentary spearheaded by Parkinson and Hinshaw and produced by the newspaper.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Super-serious guy Liam Neeson is returning to comedy again in the upcoming Naked Gun film, and thankfully, the silliest people in the biz are spearheading the reboot.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2025
Noun
Researchers also discovered iron objects that were buried with the human remains, according to the study, including iron bracelets, ankle rings, necklaces, knives and spearheads.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 20 Feb. 2025
Once Saka and Gabriel Martinelli return from their injuries, there will be more options, greater attacking weapons and possibly even another idea to take some of the pressure off Merino as the spearhead.
—Amy Lawrence, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spearhead
Verb
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The Miami Heat enters an important game in Chicago with its leading trio will be available for the first time in nearly two weeks..—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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Clowney, who co-led the team in sacks in 2024, is in a similar, albeit older, boat.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2025
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Tami Gaines, founder and CEO of Sage Enterprises LLC, has been at the forefront of changing this for about 25 years.—
Molly Peck,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2025
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The open source debate has been part of model development since the beginning – and recent news shows that companies at the forefront of the AI model charge are often able to put pressure on each other.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The camera responded instantly to my Alexa voice commands to stream video to an Amazon Echo Show display.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
10 Apr. 2025
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Rema commanded a lively crowd at the Moody Theatre headlining the fourth night of Rolling Stone’s Future of Music showcase at SXSW in Austin.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Fourth contact is when the leading edge passes out of the umbra and becomes easily visible again, ending totality, and fifth contact is when the entire moon is fully out of the umbra.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2025
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First contact is when the moon’s leading edge moves into the penumbra.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Spearhead.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spearhead. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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