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cutting-edge

adjective/ˌkʌtɪŋ ˈedʒ/

B1CEFR level
12/100Rarity: common
NeutralRegister

At the most advanced or innovative stage of development.

The lab uses cutting-edge technology to sequence genomes in hours.

Similar: state-of-the-art, pioneering, leading-edge

Topic: Cambridge C1 Advanced in General English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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