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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Imagine a digital assistant like Alexa but 10,000 times more advanced.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Musiala’s contract extension has been inevitable for some time, with negotiations reaching an advanced stage towards the end of 2024.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Social media companies were wrongly held up as the instigators and vanguard of progressive political change when used by activists in the Middle East a decade and a half ago, and when the Obama ...—
Michael Brendan Dougherty,
National Review,
10 Jan. 2025
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As a candidate in 2023, Johnson relied on the city’s progressive labor vanguard — the Chicago Teachers Union and Service Employees International Union — to bankroll his campaign.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Artificial intelligence Elon Musk is attempting to put himself at the forefront of artificial intelligence with a high-stakes bid that could reshape the future of the technology.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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Claiming the Future of Entertainment: Gaming has been at the forefront of entertainment for nearly 50 years.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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By drawing from his Mexican and Irish American roots, as well as his life as a proud gay man, Chavarria flaunts his progressive principles while creating new and novel experiences on the runway.—
Cat Cardenas,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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The energetic resistance movement that emerged to oppose Mr. Trump’s 2016 election — and that delivered Democrats the House in a 2018 landslide — made progressive aspirations for racial and gender equity seem more within reach.—
Shane Goldmacher,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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The flight recorder revealed that just after the control tower lost contact with the plane, the crew talked of significant ice buildup on the windshield and the leading edge of the wing, despite the de-ice switch being on.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
30 Jan. 2025
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Now the focus for investors analyzing the leading edge of this technology is becoming interaction in the physical world with devices acting independently through artificial intelligence, like robot nurses and self-driving drones and cars.—
Pia Singh,
CNBC,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Visual effects, animation and gaming pioneer Alberto Menache received the Ub Iwerks Award for technical achievement.—
Terry Flores,
Variety,
9 Feb. 2025
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Manifest destiny plays its part, too, as the struggle between enterprising pioneers and tragic, courageous native tribes ignites nostalgia, at least in some, for a time when Americans were unapologetic conquerors.—
Michael M. Rosen,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
7 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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In Nobody Wants This, an agnostic podcast host and an unconventional rabbi on the rebound walk into a party.—
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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