all'avanguardia

Italian

Etymology

Literally, “at the vanguard”.

Adjective

all'avanguardia (invariable)

1. at the vanguard; cutting-edge, state of the art
   • 2020, Barack Obama, chapter 13, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:

     Grazie ai film, l'idea che mi ero fatto della Sala operativa era quella di uno spazio cavernoso e futuristico al tempo stesso, circondato da schermi imponenti e brulicanti di immagini trasmesse in alta risoluzione da satelliti e radar, nonché di personale in abiti eleganti che maneggiava batterie di aggeggi e gadget all'avanguardia.

     Thanks to the movies, I'd always imagined the Sit Room as a cavenous, futuristic space, ringed by ceiling-high screens full of high-resolution satellite and radar images and teeming with smarty dressed personnel manning banks of state-of-the-art gizmos and gadgets.

     (literally, “Thanks to films, the idea that I had made up for myself of the Situation Room was that of a space cavernous and futuristic at the same time, encircled by imposing screens and teeming with images transmitted in high resolution from satellites and radars, as well as staff in elegant attire that manned batteries of state-of-the-art contraptions and gadgets.”)