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on the cutting edge

ADJECTIVE
in vogue
Synonyms
WEAK
avant-garde chi-chi chic craze dernier cri fad fashionable happening hip in in fashion in style in the latest style in thing in with it last-word latest fad latest fashion latest thing latest wrinkle mod modern modish new look smart stylish swank trendsetting trendy à la mode
Antonyms
WEAK
out unfashionable unstylish

Example Sentences

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Many are on the cutting edge of molecular biology.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

And Lilly wants its smaller peers to know it stands on the cutting edge.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Automation can be a convenient cover to reverse postpandemic overhiring—not to mention an attempt to signal that a business is on the cutting edge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

One of the great conceits of California is its place on the cutting edge — of fashion, culture, technology, politics and other facets of the ways we live and thrive.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

There was a touch of rust already forming on the cutting edge of the blade and he rubbed it off with his thumbs.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen

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