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Discover LudwigThe phrase "advance guard" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a group of people or forces that go ahead of the main body to prepare for or protect it, often in a military or strategic context.
Example: "The advance guard was sent ahead to scout the area for any potential threats before the main forces arrived."
Alternatives: "vanguard" or "forerunners".
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advance guard
noun
A unit or units leading the way of advancing or marching troops, guarding them from ambushes, reconnoitering and pursuing the enemy, etc.
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But in reality an advance guard had already been sent.
These are the advance guard of what's been called "the emerging-markets century".
We soon learn that they are the advance guard of an invasion force.
Jon is a member of the game world's genuinely provocative advance guard.
I was part of the advance guard, a special-teams rookie sent out to feed.
Gradually the advance guard is being joined by the IPL absentees.
But the city with its appalling advance guard of suburbs, pursues all who would flee it.
Historically, miners worldwide have been in the advance guard of social progress.
Hundreds of French soldiers entered the city as the advance guard.
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Or it posts one or two ominously stationary rats as advance-guard sentinels before an imminent deluge.
In the US, Advance Guard Militaria, Hayes Otoupalik Militaria and Bay State Militaria are considered good sources.
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