forefront

noun

1. 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.”

   “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".”

verb

1. (transitive)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.”