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debut

[dey-byoo, dih-, dey-byoo, deb-yoo] / deɪˈbju, dɪ-, ˈdeɪ bju, ˈdɛb ju /


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Gabriel has not trained at United since scoring a hat-trick on his Uefa Youth League debut on 10 September.

From BBC Sep. 18, 2026

Five years after that, sales passed $5 billion, and the company’s market capitalization jumped to an incredible $8 billion—up 250x from its debut a decade earlier.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 18, 2026

That freedom manifested into her debut mixtape “Cut 4 Me,” featuring fan favorites like “Send Me Out” and “Bank Head.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 18, 2026

Fund launches in the space have also picked up; so far, 25 new autocallable ETFs have made their debut in 2026 through Sept. 10, compared with six in all of 2025.

From MarketWatch Sep. 18, 2026

"Gerta, how about this one? For your debut."

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper

"Union Town," which debuts Wednesday at the festival, is the third in a trilogy about worker struggles by the Oscar-winning US director, following 1976's "Harlan County U.S.A." and 1990's "American Dream."

From Barron's Sep. 9, 2026

The company once looked set for one of the largest stock market debuts ever by a Chinese firm, with Wall Street in its sights.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

Other companies could opt to hold their debuts until next year.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 25, 2026

The drama, which debuts Nov. 11, was created by a 31-year-old first-time showrunner, Quinn Shephard.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

"Tonight was one of the strongest debuts I think we've had since my maman was still alive."

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

Slow down your shopping habits: Shein debuted on the Hong Kong stock market earlier this month—and it flopped.

From Slate Sep. 16, 2026

"Runner," an action comedy led by Alan Ritchson and Owen Wilson, debuted in fourth place, with the heroes fighting a cartel to get a sick young girl a lifesaving organ transplant.

From Barron's Sep. 13, 2026

The series debuted at No. 2 on the streamer’s global top 10 English language shows and reached 20.3 million views on Netflix in the first half of this year, according to the streamer.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2026

“Any publisher who is not publishing Jewish books is making a financial mistake because this is a community that supports authors and buys books,” said Horn, whose book debuted at no.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

When I proudly debuted one of my late-in-the-book songs for Robbie, she exploded, slapping down my achievement with a vicious “Good night!”

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

New York Fashion Week gets into full swing on Thursday, with Henry Zankov debuting his first collection as artistic director at Diane von Furstenberg.

From Barron's Sep. 10, 2026

They became roommates and teammates, debuting in the same year.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 25, 2026

That helped the company develop solutions in a fraction of the time usually required, including a new GLP-1-friendly brand debuting soon.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Cortis has had a whirlwind year since debuting last year under record label BigHit Music - part of the company that created pop sensation BTS.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

At Yankee Stadium, in the Bronx, players were debuting numbered uniforms: Lou Gehrig wore No. 4; Babe Ruth, about to hit his five hundredth home run, wore No. 3.

From "Unbroken" by Laura Hillenbrand




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