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spearhead

[speer-hed] / ˈspɪərˌhɛd /


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Meta sunk $14.3 billion into Scale AI, in order to buy Wang into its ecosystem and spearhead its artificial intelligence lab.

From Slate ● Oct. 3, 2026

Igor Thiago is an outstanding spearhead, so it is easy to see why Andrews expects improvement this season.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

Redzepi plans to spearhead a division currently under the working title of Noma UFO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

EU social democrat lawmaker Rene Repasi, who will spearhead negotiations with European capitals on a final version of the law, has already included a raft of worker-friendly proposals in his draft report.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026

The clouds parted just long enough to reveal the top of the mountain below them: a spearhead of black rock jutting from mossy green slopes.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Known as magnetofossils, the microscopic structures come in shapes resembling spearheads, spindles, bullets, and needles.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

“Referendums are very unpredictable,” worries Thomas A. Lukaszuk, an Alberta politician who spearheads a counter campaign called Forever Canadian.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 14, 2026

Injured pace spearheads Josh Hazlewood and Pat Cummins bowled in the nets on Tuesday in a major boost for Australia ahead of the day-night second Ashes Test against England next week.

From Barron's ● Nov. 25, 2025

“Dreamgirls” director Bill Condon spearheads this new take.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025

There were no iron spearheads in the chest.

From "Island of the Blue Dolphins" by Scott O'Dell

Boston University has been on the forefront of diagnosing CTE for years and spearheaded the newstudy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026

Yet the good times could also go on for quite a while, spearheaded by a once-in-a-generation investment boom in new technologies such as artificial intelligence.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Nevertheless, finding successors to those who have spearheaded the success will not be straightforward.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

Mayor Karen Bass intends to sign the ordinance, which was spearheaded by Councilmembers Imelda Padilla and Eunisses Hernandez.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

Minimalism had in fact begun to emerge, rather quietly, in the 1960s, but it made a louder entrance in the 1970s, spearheaded by American composers Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Disney Entertainment Television chairman Debra OConnell, who reports to Walden, is spearheading the plan.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

She played a pivotal role in spearheading some of the most influential and successful women’s rights efforts.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026

Ghana has been spearheading a global campaign for institutions and nations across the world that benefitted from the slave trade to pay reparations.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

He began his career in digital marketing and his first roles in government were spearheading online services for citizens, including the country's now‑ubiquitous state services app Diia.

From Barron's ● Jul. 16, 2026

Almost overnight the Glorious Loyalty Oath Crusade was in full flower, and Captain Black was enraptured to discover himself spearheading it.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller


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