bleeding edge
noun
: the newest and most advanced part or position especially in technology : the extreme cutting edge
So the first thing you learn about the Internet from studying America's Most Admired Companies is that you don't have to be on the bleeding edge of the Web to be admired.—
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These two men, both veterans of storied tech incubator Y Combinator and with stints at multiple tech companies under their belts, sit at the bleeding edge of a global effort to protect the planet from climate change.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
And overall VMware aims to keep its system flexible enough that customers aren’t locked into a certain AI delivery model in a market where the bleeding edge can quickly become outdated.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Anyone who likes to think of themselves as being within 10 yards of current fashion’s bleeding edge will not oblige the notion of possessing even remotely pedestrian taste—let alone American taste, and most certainly not American jock taste.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
This is the normal progression of trends: What starts as the bleeding edge, hipster, urban style becomes continually more mainstream.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 18 June 2024
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Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2024
And overall VMware aims to keep its system flexible enough that customers aren’t locked into a certain AI delivery model in a market where the bleeding edge can quickly become outdated.
—Patrick Moorhead, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
Anyone who likes to think of themselves as being within 10 yards of current fashion’s bleeding edge will not oblige the notion of possessing even remotely pedestrian taste—let alone American taste, and most certainly not American jock taste.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 9 July 2024
This is the normal progression of trends: What starts as the bleeding edge, hipster, urban style becomes continually more mainstream.
—Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 18 June 2024
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“Bleeding edge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bleeding%20edge. Accessed 12 Sep. 2024.
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