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cutting edge

  1. the effective or decisive element
  2. the leading or most important position; forefront; vanguard
  3. the most advanced or innovative position; the avant-garde

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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