state of the art
noun phrase
: the level of development (as of a device, procedure, process, technique, or science) reached at any particular time usually as a result of modern methods
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Each of these is just one or two milliseconds longer than the current state of the art.
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PCMAG, 24 Mar. 2025
The Hopper chips were state of the art and scarce in 2023 and 2024 as AI companies scrambled to buy them when ChatGPT was rapidly gaining users in 2023, CNBC reported.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The Life Time fitness center offers state of the art equipment and amenities that include a café, its own clothing brand, post-workout space and a barre studio.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
There are only, like, five players in the space that can afford to train state of the art models.
—John Werner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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PCMAG, 24 Mar. 2025
The Hopper chips were state of the art and scarce in 2023 and 2024 as AI companies scrambled to buy them when ChatGPT was rapidly gaining users in 2023, CNBC reported.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
The Life Time fitness center offers state of the art equipment and amenities that include a café, its own clothing brand, post-workout space and a barre studio.
—Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2025
There are only, like, five players in the space that can afford to train state of the art models.
—John Werner, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
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“State of the art.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/state%20of%20the%20art. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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