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the leading or most important part of a movement
an activist who is on the leading edge of the fight for equal marriage rights
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Recent Examples of leading edge
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
What seemed to some an oddball local experiment here has become the leading edge of a public health revolution.
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Katharine Silbaugh,
STAT,
19 May 2026
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
Those moves made Intuit a leading-edge business model in the AI era—a high-profile example of how to go all-in on AI and simultaneously all-in on humans.
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Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Noun
And that’s why, Reinhart argues, his company will have a leading edge in attracting top talent while other companies still require a five-day workweek.
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Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
20 May 2026
What seemed to some an oddball local experiment here has become the leading edge of a public health revolution.
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Katharine Silbaugh,
STAT,
19 May 2026
Adjective
Brittin is something of an AI evangelist — a man who has had his nose pressed to the glass of leading-edge AI discoveries from the likes of Demis Hassabis, a fellow Brit who runs the hugely influential Google DeepMind.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
23 Apr. 2026
Those moves made Intuit a leading-edge business model in the AI era—a high-profile example of how to go all-in on AI and simultaneously all-in on humans.
—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading edge
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This initiative signals a growing recognition in secular and corporate circles for placing moral concerns at the forefront of AI development, moving beyond unchecked techno-optimism.
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DeSantis has been at the forefront in backing federal immigration authorities in rounding up migrants for deportation.
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The finish is what sells it, and the modern methods aim to look like hair that’s always been there.
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Executive Travel And Leadership The modern executive is, functionally, a professional time-zone crosser.
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.
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The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.
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But that will all soon change when the century-old baseball diamond gets newest-generation synthetic turf, striped for football (both flag and tackle), soccer and lacrosse, beneath a digital scoreboard, aluminum bleacher seating for 500 and dugouts that double as dressing rooms.
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Made up of sharp angles and straight lines, the quilt and its matching shams have a look that strikes the right balance between classic and contemporary.
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The small kitchen retains its midcentury charm, but open shelving above the counter provides an airier, more contemporary cupboard to show off Miranda-Martin’s dish and glassware collection.
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From Sunday school to public school In recent years, Texas leaders have broadly eliminated studies of racial and cultural diversity while expanding the schools’ abilities to introduce Christianity to students.
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In a piece for PBS, Genesis Magpayo reported on a recent European Union decision targeting a common gel ingredient.
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Prebuilt laptops and desktops tricked out with cutting-edge graphics cards, gorgeous screens, blazingly fast processors, and tons of RAM are available for the lowest prices of the year.
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Rather than attempting to further shrink the size of transistors, for which cutting-edge lithography is required, Huawei’s new approach focuses on optimizing chip transmission speeds by reimagining the chip’s layout.
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Research by Justin Mankin, a Dartmouth geography associate professor, found current forecasts imply the 2026-2027 El Niño could be the costliest yet.
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Independent music critic Molly Mary O’Brien noted how the early-to-mid-’90s period that produced the original iteration of pop-punk fashion, and the current moment Rodrigo now operates within, are vastly different.
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