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
Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025
Check out pic above as the corporation recreates the Triceratops, Pachyrhinosaurus and Young Albertosaurus using cutting edge techniques.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
Arranging her songs for orchestras, programming cutting edge beats, and writing lyrics with wit, emotion, and historical and literary inspirations, Björk is an art pop icon and one of the world’s most original living songwriters.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2025
Housed in an Art Deco building from the 1930s, it is considered one of the best places to see cutting edge art.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Sharpening pruning shears is a straightforward task, and all pruning shears can be sharpened with the same steps: disassembly, cleaning, sharpening the cutting edge (usually with a file), and reassembly.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Jan. 2025
Check out pic above as the corporation recreates the Triceratops, Pachyrhinosaurus and Young Albertosaurus using cutting edge techniques.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2025
Arranging her songs for orchestras, programming cutting edge beats, and writing lyrics with wit, emotion, and historical and literary inspirations, Björk is an art pop icon and one of the world’s most original living songwriters.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 22 Jan. 2025
Housed in an Art Deco building from the 1930s, it is considered one of the best places to see cutting edge art.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cutting-edge
Adjective
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The latest data from the NAEP tests, released in January, showed U.S. fourth and eighth graders in 2024 performing below pre-pandemic levels in reading and math. NAEP classifies students at one of three skill levels: advanced, proficient, or the lowest, basic.—
Elissa Nadworny,
NPR,
26 Feb. 2025
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Tesla's Autopilot update is on par with BYD's mid-tier version of its God's Eye system, which uses advanced computing and lidars to generate 3D images of a car's surroundings to assist navigation around obstacles.—
Zhang Yan and Brenda Goh,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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After gaining momentum during the 2012 teachers strike and emerging as the progressive vanguard of the city, the labor organization primed Johnson to eventually win the mayor’s seat after decades of being shut out of City Hall’s fifth floor.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Feb. 2025
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Lalonde was key in developing a unique strategy that aimed at bringing the group’s vanguard brands B&B Italia, Flos, Louis Poulsen, Maxalto, Arclinea and Azucena under one roof in new spaces worldwide.—
Sofia Celeste,
WWD,
7 Feb. 2025
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But sources emphasized that the federation’s role in the presentation was largely driven by its efforts to support the financially struggling coaches’ group, which has been at the forefront of previous efforts advocating for the two-semester model.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
23 Feb. 2025
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For more than thirty years, Bluebird has been at the forefront of creating one-time treatments that promised to cure genetic diseases.—
Angelica Peebles,
CNBC,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And there’s something deceptively progressive in those stories.—
Eliana Dockterman,
TIME,
20 Feb. 2025
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Setting up your trusts in states that are leaders in modifying trust laws in progressive ways to address tax law and other changes from the inception of the trust can prove advantageous for the reasons illustrated in the preceding paragraph.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
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The toolkit was first put up for sale on a Russian criminal underground forum for $2,500 in Oct. 2024.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2025
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His breakthrough came via 1977’s Eraserhead, which became popular in the midnight movie underground circuit.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
16 Jan. 2025
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These mines are the leading edge of what government and industry leaders in Texas hope will be a nuclear renaissance, as America’s latent nuclear sector begins to stir again.—
Dylan Baddour,
WIRED,
7 Dec. 2024
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After chipmakers broke through that level, a new set of prognosticators saw 2020 as the limit, when the leading edge was 5 nm.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2024
Noun
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William Arruda is a keynote speaker, author, and personal branding pioneer.—
William Arruda,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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In the mid-1960s Ralph opened Lucinda Byre, a boutique selling clothes from multiple brands, including miniskirt pioneer Mary Quant, in the center of Liverpool that later expanded across the North of England.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Two of this year’s contenders hope to chart an unconventional path.—
Kyle Buchanan,
New York Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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While some praised his unconventional love life, many were far from impressed.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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