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Definition of bleeding edge
: the newest and most advanced part or position especially in technology : the extreme cutting edge
So the first thing you learn about the Internet from studying America's Most Admired Companies is that you don't have to be on the bleeding edge of the Web to be admired.— Geoffrey Colvin
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Other Words from bleeding edge
bleeding-edge \ ˈblē-diŋ-ˈej 
\ adjective
\ adjective bleeding-edge ideas/technology
Examples of bleeding edge in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web The truth is, the Note 10 is no longer Samsung’s bleeding edge phone.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, "Galaxy Note 10 hands on: What Samsung’s $950 big new phone adds — and takes away," 21 Aug. 2019 The truth is, the Note 10 is no longer Samsung’s bleeding edge phone.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, "Galaxy Note 10 hands on: What Samsung’s $950 big new phone adds — and takes away," 21 Aug. 2019 The truth is, the Note 10 is no longer Samsung’s bleeding edge phone.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, "Galaxy Note 10 hands on: What Samsung’s $950 big new phone adds — and takes away," 21 Aug. 2019 The truth is, the Note 10 is no longer Samsung’s bleeding edge phone.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, "Galaxy Note 10 hands on: What Samsung’s $950 big new phone adds — and takes away," 21 Aug. 2019 The truth is, the Note 10 is no longer Samsung’s bleeding edge phone.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, "Galaxy Note 10 hands on: What Samsung’s $950 big new phone adds — and takes away," 21 Aug. 2019 The truth is, the Note 10 is no longer Samsung’s bleeding edge phone.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, "Galaxy Note 10 hands on: What Samsung’s $950 big new phone adds — and takes away," 21 Aug. 2019 Aided by bleeding edge technology, a select number of Neuron’s employees are entrusted with Legions, captured chimeras who are chained to the wrist and neurologically linked to their operator.
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Christopher Byrd, Washington Post, "‘Astral Chain’: Wacky, complicated and, ultimately, enjoyable," 12 Sep. 2019 The truth is, the Note 10 is no longer Samsung’s bleeding edge phone.
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Geoffrey A. Fowler, The Denver Post, "Galaxy Note 10 hands on: What Samsung’s $950 big new phone adds — and takes away," 21 Aug. 2019
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The first known use of bleeding edge was in 1983
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