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Nov 26, 2018 at 5:05 comment added Matthew Willcockson Also, while the phrase "well-established" is common generally, a term like "proven" or "tested" is much more common when talking about technology, according to Google Trends
Nov 26, 2018 at 4:18 comment added Matthew Willcockson I would hesitate to use the phrase 'leading edge", as it seems ["cutting edge"] (english.stackexchange.com/a/39919) is more popular everywhere but Australia, according to Google Trends.
Nov 24, 2018 at 3:54 comment added Chappo Hasn't Forgotten @ruakh yes, I agree. And there are already a number of questions on this site relating to whether to hyphenate in each case.
Nov 24, 2018 at 3:42 comment added ruakh @Chappo: I believe the most common convention is to hyphenate it in attributive position ("a well-established technology") but not in predicative position ("the technology is well established").
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Nov 22, 2018 at 23:23 comment added Chappo Hasn't Forgotten Note that since the expression is being used as an adjective, it's customary to hyphenate it: well-established.
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