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cutting edge



NOUN
edge for cutting
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A joint statement said the new project would see "cutting edge payloads and enabling systems" developed for UUVs which could protect seabed infrastructure, conduct strikes, surveil and do reconnaissance, and conduct logistics operations.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

Cohen: He’s always on the cutting edge of the next thing and the next group of musicians that he finds.

From Los Angeles Times • May 25, 2026

The core pitch: monitor your physiology like a hawk, take treatments on the cutting edge of science, and boost your odds of a longer, healthier life.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

In the study, the team used a cutting edge imaging method to examine how electric charges are distributed throughout the material.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

The air seemed to be charged with his uncontrollable fury — every hair on the tiger seemed to jut like sharp spikes, and his teeth and eyes glittered like the cutting edge of a knife.

From "Where the Mountain Meets the Moon" by Grace Lin




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