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
Mecca Pryor, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
The organization is currently working on approximately 30,000 active missing-child cases, a scale Walsh says requires cutting-edge tools, robust data analysis, and unwavering public support.
—Stepheny Price , Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Adam Frank, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Now, brands founded and fed by Latinx leaders are among some of the industry’s most revolutionary, harkening back to tradition and creating cutting edge new techniques, many simultaneously.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Paloma Elsesser stars in Coperni’s latest C+ carewear campaign, merging comfort with cutting-edge style.
—Mecca Pryor, Essence, 6 Oct. 2025
The organization is currently working on approximately 30,000 active missing-child cases, a scale Walsh says requires cutting-edge tools, robust data analysis, and unwavering public support.
—Stepheny Price , Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
Astronomer David Kipping has built a career not just at the cutting edge of exoplanet research but also at the forefront of science communication.
—Adam Frank, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Now, brands founded and fed by Latinx leaders are among some of the industry’s most revolutionary, harkening back to tradition and creating cutting edge new techniques, many simultaneously.
—Carley Rojas Ávila, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutting-edge
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Intel has unveiled its most advanced client and server processors yet, marking a major leap in semiconductor technology.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Oct. 2025
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Heavy rare earths are almost exclusively produced by China and essential for advanced technologies, powering high-performance magnets, semiconductors, and precision military systems.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Although the West has humanoid robotics players such as Boston Dynamics and Tesla, China occupies the industry’s vanguard thanks to its huge market, a mature industrial base of chips, sensors, and batteries, as well as robust state support.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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He’s so far collaborated with acts like Ecco2k and Xaviersobased, themselves vanguards of the underground-rap scene.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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These scenarios represent the forefront of human-machine collaboration, a significant shift that is quickly moving from research labs into every critical sector of our society.—
Nelson Lim,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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With a gobsmacking 16 designer debuts, ingenuity, creativity, and skill were all at the forefront.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
9 Oct. 2025
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The Kids Are Alright earned a nomination for best urban contemporary album at the 2019 Grammy Awards, where Chloe x Halle was also up for best new artist, and Ungodly Hour earned a best progressive R&B album nod at the 2021 Grammys.—
Heran Mamo,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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In one final message, Williams rejected those who say AI is progressive technology.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Unlike the neo-Leninist underground, moreover, dissidents had no desire to revive Bolshevik revolutionary traditions, with their ideological discipline, armed conspiracy, and noms de guerre.—
Benjamin Nathans
September 24,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Burnham Yard also is near an Environmental Protection Agency Superfund site for radium contamination, but the Terracon report did not find any indication that there is a substantial amount of radioactive material underground.—
Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
14 Sep. 2025
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Once again, Berners-Lee seemed to be on history’s leading edge.—
Julian Lucas,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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For the pair of galaxies, the hot gas cloud of ionized gas, filled with free electrons and which stretches for millions of light years around the cluster is like tumbling into a vat of treacle that then begins to scour the gas on the leading edge of the infalling galaxies, ablating it.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
25 Sep. 2025
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Elkann also unveiled a pioneering educational hub in Maranello providing technical knowledge and called M-tech Alfredo Ferrari to be completed in 2029, the centenary anniversary of the Scuderia.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
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Many had helped create state constitutions that included pioneering bills of rights.—
Donald Nieman,
The Conversation,
7 Oct. 2025
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On the fashion front, Schumacher, which was founded in New York by Parisian Frederic Schumacher in 1889, has been a pioneer in collaborations from its dawn.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Windridge said discussions about fusion’s future and possible arrival always remind her of a quote attributed to the Russian physicist Lev Artsimovich, an early fusion pioneer.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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