bleeding edge

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the most advanced stage of a technology, art, etc., usually experimental and risky.

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Origin of bleeding edge

1980–85; patterned on cutting edge or leading edge

Words nearby bleeding edge

bleeder, bleeder resistor, bleeder's disease, bleeder tile, bleeding, bleeding edge, bleeding heart, bleed someone white, bleed valve, bleep, bleeper

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How to use bleeding edge in a sentence

You have companies you acquire because they’re at the bleeding edge of experimenting with new things and so that can accelerate innovation.
Michael Dell Has Been a Tech CEO for 34 Years. He Has Some Advice For Younger Founders|John Simons|October 31, 2021|Time
WiFi 6E is the bleeding edge of consumer wireless tech, and the Netgear Nighthawk RAXE500 is the best option available now.
The best WiFi 6 routers: Next-gen networking|Will Fulton|October 4, 2021|Popular-Science
They basically control the most complicated part of the semiconductor ecosystem, and they’re a near monopoly at the bleeding edge.
Inside the Taiwan Firm That Makes the World’s Tech Run|Charlie Campbell|October 1, 2021|Time
Most cannot hire the talent needed to stay at the bleeding edges of programmatic advertising.
The coming cookie changes will force some small publishers to give up on advertising altogether|Max Willens|March 31, 2021|Digiday

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
French officials were already on edge after a series of apparently unconnected attacks, including the stabbing of police officers.
U.S. Spies See Al Qaeda Fingerprints on Paris Massacre|Shane Harris, Nancy A. Youssef|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The rage that Marvin has embodied, a man on the edge of eruption, is always a badly wounded man.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Another man chimes in: “Today we are living at the edge of suffering.”
The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway|Nina Strochlic|December 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After a bit of waiting, Mac decided that the smoke was floating from a certain direction, and we began to edge carefully that way.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He was hurrying towards the corner of the palace grounds when a shriek from Winifred set his teeth on edge.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The first man my eyes lighted upon as I stepped inside was MacRae, humped disconsolately on the edge of a bunk.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Squinty turned around, standing on the edge of the little brook, and waited, his heart beating faster and faster.
Squinty the Comical Pig|Richard Barnum
Feeling sixteen and very foolish, she sank to the edge of a chair and muttered something about the charm of the room.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton

British Dictionary definitions for bleeding edge

bleeding edge

noun

the very forefront of technological development

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