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Recent Examples of leading edge
Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 27 May 2016
An odd place for an experience at the leading edge of art, technology, creativity, and museums.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Some pioneers remain at the leading edge, and Fortune recognized three of them on the 2024 Change the World list.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
Popular on Variety Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, still has a leading edge, according to nearly a dozen industry players, corporate rivals and Disney sources who spoke with Variety.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
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In the second half of the 20th century, Indy racing gave up its place at the leading edge of automotive creativity to Formula One.
—Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 27 May 2016
An odd place for an experience at the leading edge of art, technology, creativity, and museums.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Some pioneers remain at the leading edge, and Fortune recognized three of them on the 2024 Change the World list.
—Chloe Berger, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2024
Popular on Variety Dana Walden, co-chairman of Disney Entertainment, still has a leading edge, according to nearly a dozen industry players, corporate rivals and Disney sources who spoke with Variety.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 19 Sep. 2024
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In a world where technology continuously blurs the lines between virtual and real, Verstappen is at the forefront of promoting sim racing as a credible platform that can launch careers in real-world racing.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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The question of how to fit the pair together without taking away their natural attributes was at the forefront of Emery’s 2023 pre-season planning.Jacob Tanswell, The Athletic, 19 Dec. 2024
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All of these things suggest some alignment with the current FTC’s priorities, particularly in recognizing the role that tech companies play in the modern economy and the importance of vigorously enforcing the nation’s antitrust laws.Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
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But all your papers require context, Gabriel, even the modern ones.Daisy Hildyard, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2024
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The shooting happened the day before the fifth anniversary of the Parkland, Florida, school shooting that killed 17 and is the latest in what has become a deadly new year in the U.S.Joey Cappelletti and Mike Householder, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Feb. 2023
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The video is the latest in a lengthy stream of controversies the probation department has faced in recent years.James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2023
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Whitehead has said that Elwood and Turner represent the two parts of him, the idealist (Elwood) and the cynic (Turner), whose intertwined perspectives inform his own view of race as a Black man making sense of contemporary America.K. Austin Collins, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Agatha All Along landed three nods, for excellence in contemporary television and sci-fi/fantasy television and costume illustration.Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2024
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Another notable example of this transatlantic cooperation is the Italian government’s recent and unprecedented $21 million donation to Boston University (BU) for biomedical research.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 17 Dec. 2024
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Advertisement In recent months, the monitors have regularly recorded the gas at much lower levels, around 1 to 3 ppb, though spikes have occurred.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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The current contract between GE Appliances and Local 83761 expires at 11:59 p.m., Dec. 31.Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 14 Dec. 2024
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The district’s current $9.9 billion budget was approved without accounting for its cost, nor a contentious pension payment previously funded by the city, by a prior slate of board members in July.Sarah Macaraeg, Chicago Tribune, 14 Dec. 2024
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Any new import levies are on a collision course with stubbornly flat industrial production — a crucial driver of domestic and international volume from sectors that include mining, manufacturing, chemicals and electricity — and lingering overcapacity from the COVID shipping boom, experts said.Lisa Baertlein, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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The clean-tech momentum that had begun to build in the U.S. as President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act went into effect will certainly be damped, though blue states from Washington to Massachusetts have announced big new initiatives in the days since the November vote.Bill McKibben, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Supported by First Tellurium’s advanced materials, PyroDelta has created thermoelectric technology that has been recognized by the National Science Foundation and introduces a new way to generate electricity using heat and cooling differences.Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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By combining advanced fibers and technologies like graphene and Lycra Coolmax, the concept offers durability and temperature regulation, seamlessly adapting to any adventure through special finishing techniques.SJ Studio, Sourcing Journal, 10 Dec. 2024
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