in the forefront

The models that are in the forefront of artificial intelligence research and development just now don’t think for themselves.

Since 1986, whistleblowers have been in the forefront of the government’s war on fraud, accounting for $53 billion, or more than 70%, of the $75 billion recovered from swindlers on defense contracts, from Medicare and from other federal programs.

The antiabortion law DeSantis signed in 2023 is one of the most stringent in the nation and placed Florida in the forefront of Southern states hostile to women’s reproductive rights.

I think we saw something similar in terms of COVID, when sheriffs suddenly were out there in the forefront when business closures and mask mandates happened.

I don't think in the forefront of his mind was thinking 'you know what we are up to... that is actually the plan'.