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: the forward part of something that moves or seems to move
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: the foremost edge of an airfoil
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Examples of leading edge in a Sentence
the leading edge of an airplane's wing
the leading edge of a thunderstorm
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And maybe the fact that Biden’s two best recent high-quality polls — the Post-ABC-Ipsos and Marist polls — are the leading edge of the race reverting to the mean.
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
On the leading edge of change The City of Ithaca has a population of around 33,000, while the surrounding Town of Ithaca has an additional 20,000 or so.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2024
In the 1990s, promoter and bar owner Wanda Acosta’s Sunday-afternoon party at East Ninth Street’s Café Tabac brought glamor, models, and sometimes Madonna to the scene and was the East Coast’s leading edge of what became known as lesbian chic.
—Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
The leading edge of storminess should reach the Interstate 95 corridor by 10 p.m.
5:22 p.m. — first round of storms passing by
The Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning that includes La Plata, Waldorf, Brandywine and surrounding locations.
—Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 12 July 2024
On the leading edge of change The City of Ithaca has a population of around 33,000, while the surrounding Town of Ithaca has an additional 20,000 or so.
—Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 July 2024
In the 1990s, promoter and bar owner Wanda Acosta’s Sunday-afternoon party at East Ninth Street’s Café Tabac brought glamor, models, and sometimes Madonna to the scene and was the East Coast’s leading edge of what became known as lesbian chic.
—Architectural Digest, 28 June 2024
The leading edge of storminess should reach the Interstate 95 corridor by 10 p.m.
5:22 p.m. — first round of storms passing by
The Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning that includes La Plata, Waldorf, Brandywine and surrounding locations.
—Jeff Halverson, Washington Post, 26 June 2024
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“Leading edge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leading%20edge. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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