cutting edge
the sharp edge of a cutting implement.
forefront; lead: on the cutting edge of computer technology.
Origin of cutting edge
1Other words from cutting edge
- cutting-edge, adjective
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How to use cutting edge in a sentence
Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.
It is cutting-edge products like these that are helping define this new age of wireless entertainment.
Some are hard neuroscientists, aware that this is a cool cutting edge of research.
“Americans thought then we were at the cutting edge figuring out typhus and yellow fever,” says Bennett.
In Turkey the Qataris flew French Mirage jets, not exactly cutting edge equipment but still formidable.
A number of slots are cut across one side of the can, and the lower edge of each slot slightly turned out to form a cutting edge.
The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 | VariousAt and on the ships, men would set hand to whatever tool of cutting edge was accessible.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangThe flatter surfaces nearly meet at the end opposite the cutting edge, leaving this end thin.
The New Stone Age in Northern Europe | John M. TylerA bit ground along the dotted line has a cutting edge which will spring down, and consequently break or produce a rough surface.
Practical Mechanics for Boys | J. S. ZerbeThe tool (Fig. 25), with a straight cutting edge, is the proper one to rough off cast iron.
Practical Mechanics for Boys | J. S. Zerbe
British Dictionary definitions for cutting edge
the leading position in any field; forefront: on the cutting edge of space technology
at the forefront of people or things in a field of activity; leading: cutting-edge technology
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