leading edge

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The leading edge represents the planet's morning side, where atmospheric winds carry air from the cooler night side toward the intensely hot day side.

From Science Daily • May 27, 2026

Board of Education was on the leading edge by adopting an on-campus student cellphone ban in June 2024.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

The VCR was also the leading edge of a cluster of inexpensive consumer electronics in the 1980s that transformed domestic life: the Walkman, answering machines, videogames, video cameras and PCs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The first chance offered was a leading edge that flew to deep third man, with Rashid unable to take the catch or flick the ball back inside the rope.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

He glanced up and was alarmed at how close the leading edge of the circle had come.

From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner