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Recent Examples of leading edge
Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 27 May 2016
An odd place for an experience at the leading edge of art, technology, creativity, and museums.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Some pioneers remain at the leading edge, and Fortune recognized three of them on the 2024 Change the World list.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
Popular on Variety Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, still has a leading edge, according to nearly a dozen industry players, corporate rivals and Disney sources who spoke with Variety.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
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In the second half of the 20th century, Indy racing gave up its place at the leading edge of automotive creativity to Formula One.
—Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 27 May 2016
An odd place for an experience at the leading edge of art, technology, creativity, and museums.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Some pioneers remain at the leading edge, and Fortune recognized three of them on the 2024 Change the World list.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
Popular on Variety Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, still has a leading edge, according to nearly a dozen industry players, corporate rivals and Disney sources who spoke with Variety.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
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His efforts have created billions of dollars of economic impact and placed him at the forefront of some of the most groundbreaking projects in TV/Film production history.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Leaders can consider investing in digital infrastructure and position themselves at the forefront of industry innovation.Dr Chibuzor Uwadi, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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All of these things suggest some alignment with the current FTC’s priorities, particularly in recognizing the role that tech companies play in the modern economy and the importance of vigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws.Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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These leaders exemplify how combining co-elevation behaviors with modern collaborative tools and processes can deliver breakthrough performance.Keith Ferrazzi, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
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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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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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Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Another notable example of this transatlantic cooperation is the Italian government’s recent and unprecedented $21 million donation to Boston University (BU) for biomedical research.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Here, a film that uses digital aging technology, in a recent episode of the Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 16 Dec. 2024
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The current contract between GE Appliances and Local 83761 expires at 11:59 p.m., Dec. 31.Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2024
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The district’s current $9.9 billion budget was approved without accounting for its cost, nor a contentious pension payment previously funded by the city, by a prior slate of board members in July.Sarah Macaraeg, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
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Any new import levies are on a collision course with stubbornly flat industrial production — a crucial driver of domestic and international volume from sectors that include mining, manufacturing, chemicals and electricity — and lingering overcapacity from the COVID shipping boom, experts said.Lisa Baertlein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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As another new year approaches, businesses in every industry are reevaluating their priorities to adapt to evolving market demands and consumer expectations.Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
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Supported by First Tellurium’s advanced materials, PyroDelta has created thermoelectric technology that has been recognized by the National Science Foundation and introduces a new way to generate electricity using heat and cooling differences.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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The study, which looked at data from 2004 to 2021, found that advanced breast cancer rates have risen among women of all ages, with the sharpest increases in young women aged 20 to 39, and women over 75.Liz Neporent, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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