state-of-the-art

adjective

Definition of state-of-the-artnext
1
as in advanced
being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques a medical center that prides itself on being a leader in state-of-the-art microsurgery

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2
as in modern
being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles he spent a boatload of money on a state-of-the-art home theater

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for state-of-the-art
  1. advanced
  2. modern
  3. progressive
  4. new
  5. contemporary
  6. unconventional
  7. original
Adjective
  • Murdoch noted that Tubi’s appeal for advertisers lies not just in its advanced targeting capabilities – compared to traditional TV — but also in its reach to hard-to-access audiences.
    Bruce Gil, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2024
  • Pramanik is also the Chief Investigator on a project developing an advanced grease interceptor that restaurants can use to remove small FOG particles more effectively.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 13 Nov. 2024
Definition of advanced
Adjective
  • The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Second, the refusal to see how profoundly distasteful so much of modern liberalism has become to so much of America.
    Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of modern
Adjective
  • The gap in votes cast by the mayor’s critics and her supporters could be seen as a kind of backlash to progressive politics in one of California’s most diverse cities.
    Shomik Mukherjee, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
  • At least this one tilts a bit more progressive: The Recording Academy’s yearslong project to expand and diversify its membership seems to be paying off, with a younger and especially more women-heavy slate this year (just don’t look at the rock categories).
    Justin Curto, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Definition of progressive
Adjective
  • American innovation today, such as the Pentagon’s Replicator program to rapidly field new high-tech weapons, is equally impressive—and equally insufficient.
    Michael Green, Foreign Affairs, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The triumphs and troubles of the new era all seem to stem from the fact that after years of clawing away at a new path, Shinoda feels like he’s found his counterpart again.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of new
Adjective
  • The tradition is centuries old and unique to the U.K., with some towns creating huge elaborate effigies of Guy Fawkes to be burned — sometimes instead building models of contemporary figures, including former prime ministers Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • This contemporary dispossession of Indigenous people fits into the long and violent history in which legal and extralegal measures are taken by those in power to forcibly remove Indigenous inhabitants from their land.
    Ryleigh Nucilli, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of contemporary
Adjective
  • This unconventional column is based on value pluralism — the idea that each of us has multiple values that are equally valid but that often conflict with each other.
    Sigal Samuel, Vox, 18 Nov. 2024
  • Reisman was known to be unconventional in the sport, yet won two U.S. Men’s Singles Championships in 1958 and 1960 and more than 20 international and national titles.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of unconventional
Adjective
  • The musical was written by Linus Karp and Joseph Martin, and features original music by Leland and vocals by Daren Criss and Cat Cohen.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
  • By design, Collision Course is a stunt release, and the mash-ups can’t possibly hold the artistic power of the original tracks.
    Jason Lipshutz, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of original
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