as in advanced
being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques
his insistent tracking shots and rapid-fire pacing earned him a reputation as a cutting-edge filmmaker
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as in vanguard
the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts
an urban enclave that has an established reputation for being hospitable to artists who are part of the cutting edge
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as in forefront
the leading or most important part of a movement
a company that has always been on the cutting edge of the new electronic media
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Recent Examples of cutting-edge
Peter Larsen, Daily News, 27 May 2026
After navigating World War II, Unoaerre received Italy’s historic brand seal in 1957 and rapidly made a name for itself with cutting-edge gold jewelry, and commercials on national TV in the ’60s for its signature medal pendant and chain designs in the ’70s.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
New Atlas, 5 May 2026
Not everything is wireless, though, which is where Sonos is merging the traditional with the cutting edge.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
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Adjective
At the time, the cutting-edge technology was the photocopier.
—Peter Larsen, Daily News, 27 May 2026
After navigating World War II, Unoaerre received Italy’s historic brand seal in 1957 and rapidly made a name for itself with cutting-edge gold jewelry, and commercials on national TV in the ’60s for its signature medal pendant and chain designs in the ’70s.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
Noun
The shoes worn in London, Adidas’ Adizero Adios Pro Evo 3, represent the cutting edge of this technology.
—New Atlas, 5 May 2026
Not everything is wireless, though, which is where Sonos is merging the traditional with the cutting edge.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutting-edge
Adjective
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Venice senior Lawrence Kensinger, who set the City Section shot put record with a state-leading throw of 65 feet 11 inches last week, had the third-best mark at prelims (59-6¾) and easily advanced to the finals.—
Steve Galluzzo,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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Several of the advanced weapons systems the battleships are intended to field remain in development; the Navy hasn’t yet shown they can be integrated successfully onto a ship.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
30 May 2026
Noun
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If experimental and vanguard poetry is set on fragmenting the lyric I, verse plays and poet’s theater redistribute it.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 May 2026
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Most notably, the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab or CSAIL, directed capably by my colleague Daniela Rus, is in there, where intrepid teams work on such vanguard projects as liquid AI models.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
Noun
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Rethinking Wellness, Rethinking Retirement While Vista ushers in a new era for Vi at Aventura, a commitment to staying on the forefront of aging well — and reimagining what senior living can be — has always been at the heart of the community.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2026
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Talent that has the savvy to sell the company’s products—ranging from customer clouds and AI agents to Slack—is at the forefront of the business’ hiring agenda.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
28 May 2026
Adjective
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Soon, this recognition stretched to include representational painting by younger Black artists, as museums, galleries, and collectors still more clearly signaled their progressive intent.—
Katy Siegel,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Still, Cepeda and Petro have maintained strong support among many Colombians because of progressive policies advanced under Petro, such as boosting the minimum wage.—
Megan Janetsky,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Visitors help the staff dig and build a traditional imu underground with volcanic rocks, banana stumps, ti leaves and burlap sacks, and then fill the pit with mea ʻai staples like kālua pork, chicken, taro, yams and breadfruit.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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When oil wells are shut in, the pressure underground can become imbalanced, deforming the underlying structure.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
27 May 2026
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The start-up scene, with its conferences, workshops, and accelerators; its Silicon Valley–like culture; its foreign investors and advisers; looked to him and others like the leading edge of such a threat.—
Bozorgmehr Sharafedin,
The Atlantic,
1 June 2026
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This critical milestone positions AMD’s server CPU lineup at the leading edge of semiconductor fabrication, with direct implications for data center compute density, power efficiency, and competitive dynamics in the enterprise processor market.—
Aditya Jadhav,
Interesting Engineering,
22 May 2026
Adjective
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In the early 1900s, the pioneering American astrophysicist George Ellery Hale discovered that the sunspots that Galileo and others had traced weren’t blemishes but magnetic storms, regions of intense activity that waxed and waned on the 11-year solar cycle.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
28 May 2026
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Upon the 1968 death of Russia’s first man in space, this closed city was then renamed the Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Center (GCTC) in honor of their pioneering hero.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
27 May 2026
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William Arruda is a keynote speaker, bestselling author, and personal branding pioneer.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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Your mother, heroically, became a warrior and a frontierswoman, an explorer, a pioneer.—
Taiye Selasi,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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