How to spell state-of-the-art

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What it means: Using the most modern and advanced technology.

In a sentence: The state-of-the-art robot can talk and play games with kids.

Same family: cutting-edge, advanced, high-tech, up-to-date, modern. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The expression “state-of-the-art” comes from legal and technical writing in the early 20th century, where “the state of the art” meant the current highest level of development in a field. Over time, it became a hyphenated adjective used to advertise the most modern and advanced products and technologies.

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