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Recent Examples of leading-edge
Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Meet The Machines Powering Cognitive Manufacturing At the leading edge of this revolution is the increasing adoption of robots.
—Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Overall, Brightline remains the leading edge model for the future of high-speed rail around the country, as political support varies for projects in Texas, California and the Midwest.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Knox: Balancing education about the non-alcoholic space and the use and safety of adaptogens must have been challenging at the early leading edge of these trends.
—Dave Knox, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Adjective
Yet STMicroelectronics is currently not at the leading edge of semiconductor manufacturing.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 12 June 2025
Meet The Machines Powering Cognitive Manufacturing At the leading edge of this revolution is the increasing adoption of robots.
—Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025
Overall, Brightline remains the leading edge model for the future of high-speed rail around the country, as political support varies for projects in Texas, California and the Midwest.
—David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 27 May 2025
Knox: Balancing education about the non-alcoholic space and the use and safety of adaptogens must have been challenging at the early leading edge of these trends.
—Dave Knox, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for leading-edge
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In my view, nations such as India have been at the forefront of e-visa innovation.—
Armand Arton,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The visit is Witkoff's fifth to Moscow since Trump took office, with the special envoy at the forefront of White House efforts to end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which began in February 2022.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
6 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The museum is designed as a modern interpretation of a Wunderkammer, or cabinet of curiosities.—
Carved,
Sourcing Journal,
6 Aug. 2025
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Earlier in the day, Ortega gave us a modern update to Christian Dior’s New Look era in a Willy Chavarria spring 2026 skirt suit and a wide-brimmed, sleek peaked hat with the viral Christian Louboutin pointe shoes.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
6 Aug. 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
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With its square neckline and contrast trim, this ribbed maxi offers a contemporary take on the classic silhouette.—
Lauren Dana Ellman,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Aug. 2025
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Murphy suggests using your vintage finds as statement pieces—like a mid-century coffee table in a contemporary living room—versus buying every single item secondhand.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Aug. 2025
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But even though scientists have been able to discover thousands of planets orbiting stars beyond our solar system in recent years, including some around Proxima Centauri, which is fairly a dim star, it's been difficult to go planet-hunting around Alpha Centauri A and B, which orbit each other.—
Nell Greenfieldboyce,
NPR,
7 Aug. 2025
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There is also a fear that the recent uptick in collaboration between the Mexican and U.S. militaries to share intel could backfire, especially if the U.S. military actually invades Mexico.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The runoff is scheduled for October 19, marking an unprecedented moment in Bolivia's electoral history since adopting its current constitution in 2009.—
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Aug. 2025
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The bottom line: Everyone is still gaming out what the future holds for late-night TV — with the prevailing assumption being that the current crop of hosts will be the last ones to helm the big network shows.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The skid is a new season-long, surpassing two previous six-game losing streaks — all of which have come since the calendar turned to July.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
17 Aug. 2025
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Elio — Disney and Pixar Animation’s summer box office flop — will try to find a new audience when the film arrives on digital streaming this week.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
17 Aug. 2025
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Negotiations were very advanced in Williams’ case, but talks fell apart at the very last minute due to the Athletic Club player’s concerns about Barca’s capacity to actually register him.—
Pol Ballús,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and climate satellite to orbit.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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