bleeding edge
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bleeding edge
1980–85; patterned on cutting edge or leading edge
Example Sentences
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Anthropic is at the bleeding edge of AI and its diminishment would set back American leadership in an industry critical to economic and strategic dominance.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
Lamphere, it would seem, was on the bleeding edge of a new kind of therapy.
From Slate ● Jan. 30, 2026
As an MIT computer-science professor, Regina Barzilay was used to living on the bleeding edge of innovation, teaching computers to understand words in the nascent field of natural language processing.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2025
"Especially as we work in an environment at the bleeding edge of technology - we're kind of used to things changing," he says.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
“So we think this next season continues that commitment to being the orchestra at the bleeding edge of what a relevant, progressive creative arts institution can and should be,” Smith said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2023
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