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at the cutting edge

ADJECTIVE
foremost
Synonyms
WEAK
A number one A-1 arch at the leading edge champion chief front head headmost heavy heavy stuff heavyweight highest hot stuff hotdog hotshot inaugural initial leading most important number one original paramount preeminent premier primary prime primo principal supreme
Antonyms
WEAK
inferior last least lowest secondary unimportant

Example Sentences

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Then we should tighten the existing R&D tax credit, a benefit that is being gamed by firms that are no longer at the cutting edge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Artificial intelligence is transforming Hollywood at a pace that has sent shockwaves through creative industries, but human creativity will always prevail, a leading executive at the cutting edge of that change told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 17, 2026

"We are at the cutting edge of technology and analysis methods with this system," said Beard.

From Science Daily • Nov. 23, 2025

"We need to be looking at some of the newer things - maybe vaccines, maybe immunotherapy: things that are at the cutting edge of cancer treatment," he said.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

The two central front teeth are hollowed at the cutting edge.

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace