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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
Gregory Crawford, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The leading-edge processors, like Nvidia’s Blackwell chip, cannot be sold to China.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
Nelson P. Repenning, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Building leading edge Semiconductors and Chips, which is what INTEL does, is fundamental to the future of our Nation.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Try to stay up to date with leading-edge knowledge.
—Gregory Crawford, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2025
The leading-edge processors, like Nvidia’s Blackwell chip, cannot be sold to China.
—Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
Beyond being responsible for extracting DNA data from tens of thousands of samples, Sheila also had to make sure the lab stayed on the leading edge of technology.
—Nelson P. Repenning, Big Think, 26 Aug. 2025
Building leading edge Semiconductors and Chips, which is what INTEL does, is fundamental to the future of our Nation.
—Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading-edge
Noun
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To that end, Johnson and the CTU’s Springfield strategy has been at the forefront of all their public messaging on how the school district gets out of this fiscal predicament.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Sep. 2025
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As always, animals will be at the forefront of the annual fair with shows for dairy cows, beef, swine, sheep and poultry taking over AGtivity Hall for showmanship competitions.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The planes are modern, with the average aircraft being less than seven years old.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
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In the modern game, from Tests to T20s and The Hundred, each side will now tend to include more than one gun fielder.—
James Wallace,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.—
James Queally,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2023
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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.—
Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder,
Anchorage Daily News,
15 Feb. 2023
Adjective
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Maybe anyone busting on a contemporary Knute Rockne on live television would always hit.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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While its heritage remains intact, contemporary dining, wellness, and a growing emphasis on sustainability signal how even a grand dame can move with the times.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Top-tier academic journals such as Nature, Science, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Lancet have published reams of research funded by the Chinese Communist Party in recent years, a Washington Examiner review found.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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Data from the popular online real estate marketplace Zillow, which tracks an estimated market value of homes in a specific area, also shows a dramatic market value increase of Platte County homes in recent years.—
Madeline King,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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At this time, only cutting-edge innovators are leading the way.—
Joe McKendrick,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Why the E190s are being retired At the time of their introduction, the E190s were cutting-edge.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His current district, spanning the northeastern Sacramento suburbs and Lake Tahoe, runs hundreds of miles south to Death Valley.—
David Mark,
The Washington Examiner,
5 Sep. 2025
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Emery is more articulate than many, and debating the fairness of the current system is a worthy endeavour, but even that snippet was rooted in a generous interpretation of ‘good management’.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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That new equalized funding formula went into effect after a three-year transition period in 2024, when 44 groups each got $9,269, according to the three-year awards report.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Swiss transportation company Twiliner is kicking off a new night bus service later this year that will be more akin to a business class airline seat than your typical bus.—
Opheli Garcia Lawler,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Sep. 2025
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