forefront
noun /ˈfɔːfrʌnt/
  /ˈfɔːrfrʌnt/
[singular]Idioms Idioms 
at/in/to the forefront (of something) 
- in or into an important or leading position in a particular group or activity
- Women have always been at the forefront of the Green movement.
 - The new product took the company to the forefront of the computer software field.
 - This latest protest has brought prison conditions to the forefront of public attention.
 - The court case was constantly in the forefront of my mind (= I thought about it all the time).
 
Extra Examples- His new job thrust him to the forefront.
 - She came to the forefront as governor after the political change.
 - The new factory could put the town back at the forefront of steel manufacture.
 - issues at the forefront of government policy