How to Use cutting edge in a Sentence

cutting edge

noun
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  • He's a director who tries to keep his films right on the cutting edge.
  • The Yankees haven’t been at the cutting edge for a while now.
    — Jared Diamond, WSJ, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Set the blade on the stone and adjust it so that the beveled cutting edge is flat against the stone.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Tech evolves rapidly, and tech teams need to stay at the cutting edge.
    — Forbes, 13 May 2021
  • Learn to embrace them and adapt to them to remain on the cutting edge.
    — Melanie Fine, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021
  • EVs appeal to the first adopter: someone who needs to be on the cutting edge.
    — Roberto Baldwin, Car and Driver, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Once fans are in their seats, the video boards and sound system must be cutting edge.
    — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2021
  • The iPad Pro is the powerhouse of the line, and this tablet captures the cutting edge for Apple.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PCMAG, 8 May 2024
  • Take the pastry server, with its sharp cutting edge on the left side.
    — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2022
  • There’s a lot of history mixed in with a lot of modern and cutting edge things in the city.
    — Josh Chesler, SPIN, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Lakefront has always been on the cutting edge of trends.
    — Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 June 2021
  • That bumps the Nanooks down to No. 16 and right on the cutting edge for the national tournament.
    — Chris Bieri, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • If the meme stock craze is cutting edge, the tech that enables AMC’s perks program is far from it.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 3 June 2021
  • The Sun Devils rarely are on the cutting edge of scheduling.
    — Berry Tramel, USA TODAY, 27 June 2021
  • The bit is comprised of a cutting edge with a rounded shape and a bearing that sits below the blade.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The most common method is to bring the ends of your fingers into the blade’s cutting edge and pluck it at a slight angle.
    — Craig Caudill, Field & Stream, 12 July 2023
  • Next, workers drill the hole in both halves along with the cutting edges and the knurl, the small teeth-like structures that improve pliers’ grip.
    — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 11 May 2023
  • Through much of the 20th century, the US was on the cutting edge of retail’s evolution.
    — Marc Bain, Quartz, 20 Aug. 2020
  • For the first time, people had direct access to this cutting edge tech.
    — Gerrit De Vynck, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2023
  • As Brown noted, Elliott has long been on the cutting edge of culture.
    — James Factora, Them, 17 July 2024
  • The shape of the tanks is important and a big reason why the process is cutting edge, Goodson, the engineer, said.
    — oregonlive, 25 Aug. 2021
  • When Victoria's Secret is on the cutting edge of the fight against lookism, the rest of us have some catching up to do.
    — David Brooks, Star Tribune, 28 June 2021
  • The home side was missing all-time 60-goal top scorer Edin Dzeko through injury and lacked a cutting edge.
    — Jerome Pugmire, ajc, 13 Nov. 2021
  • This is what has given Amazon the cutting edge in recent years.
    — Faisal Masud, Forbes, 16 June 2021
  • Like the idea of a blond Bond, No Time to Die is a new film about an old character, and hence an odd jumble of cutting edge and old hat.
    — Jo Livingstone, The New Republic, 7 Oct. 2021
  • The fine surface of the steel rod prevents the cutting edge from damage when sharpening.
    — Chris Hachey, BGR, 22 Apr. 2021
  • Whether a bit can cut through soft wood, hard wood, tile, glass, or stone is determined by its hardness and the type of cutting edge.
    — Popular Science, 1 Mar. 2021
  • But non-invasive procedures on the face are more—pardon the pun—on the cutting edge.
    — Rachel King, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Finally there are cutting edge innovations in the power space that are less proven.
    — Steven Dudash, Forbes, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Can a 200-year-old institution rebrand as cutting edge?
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 10 Sep. 2024

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