cutting edge
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cutting edge (plural cutting edges)
- The sharp edge of the blade of a knife or other cutting tool.
- (idiomatic, by extension, often with "on the") The forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field.
- The company prides itself for staying at the cutting edge of technology.
- 2011 January 29, Ian Hughes, “Southampton 1 - 2 Man Utd”, in BBC[1]:
- Looking far from overawed throughout, they frequently took the game to the visitors, but it was Saints' lack of a cutting edge and United's superior finishing that proved the difference in the end.
- 2019 November 6, “Network News”, in Rail, page 23:
- Creating the incentives for new ideas to be introduced, through competitions like this one, allows the UK's railway to stay at the cutting edge of technology.
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sharp edge of the blade
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forefront, or position of greatest advancement in some field
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cutting edge (comparative more cutting edge, superlative most cutting edge)
- Alternative form of cutting-edge