on the cutting edge

Example Sentences

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And Lilly wants its smaller peers to know it stands on the cutting edge.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

Automation can be a convenient cover to reverse postpandemic overhiring—not to mention an attempt to signal that a business is on the cutting edge.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

But what if what seemed a tired retread was actually poised on the cutting edge of televised entertainment?

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

“He was on the cutting edge of molecular biology,” said science historian Daniel Kevles, his friend and colleague.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2025

There was a touch of rust already forming on the cutting edge of the blade and he rubbed it off with his thumbs.

From "Hatchet" by Gary Paulsen