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


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Meta Platforms launched its debut euro bond offering on Wednesday, aiming to raise 8.25 billion euros, or about $9.23 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

On Monday, the securities regulator said it planned to ease share-buyback rules, including by allowing companies to repurchase shares when the price falls below the level at which the shares made its debut.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

Tyler first worked with Britten in 1977, when he played guitar on her debut album, The World Starts Tonight.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

For Devon Again, that hopefully will yield a debut album that fully captures her generation’s campy disenchantment and roiling vulnerability.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

“The War ruined us. It ruined many families. People were starving. Making one’s debut would have been...unseemly.”

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

Tech heavyweights DeepSeek, a developer of AI models, and flash-memory maker Yangtze Memory Technologies are preparing for their stock-market debuts in coming months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

The RS 5 debuts the next-generation of Audi’s Quattro permanent AWD, with a 400V electric motor baked into a torque-vectoring transaxle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

The art will return to the Broad for a grand opening exhibition when the museum’s $100-million, 55,000-square-foot expansion debuts in 2028 ahead of the Summer Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 20, 2026

During her time in charge, she has handed debuts to 24 players, but only Lauren James, Hannah Hampton and Lucia Kendall have become established starters.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 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

He debuted in “Another World” in 1987 and appeared in more than 400 episodes in a handful of roles until 1998, according to the actor’s IMDb page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

By the time Stewart’s final voyage with “Star Trek” debuted in 2020, Picard was less of a Starfleet hero than a wise man exhausted by politics and cruelty.

From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026

Third place this week went to Fathom Events' animated film "Wildwood," which debuted at $11 million after over a decade in production.

From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026

Now the airy space doubles as the set for her new video podcast, “Happy Hour With Ina Garten,” which debuted last month.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

These images were now rapidly available thanks to wirephoto services, which had debuted in Life in the month that Pollard, Howard, and Smith formed their partnership.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

TV news versions of the electoral map have become a living tool for on-air analysts since debuting in 1976, when red represented Democrat and blue meant Republican.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 31, 2026

Stewart found further acclaim on the big screen in many films of the "X-Men" series, debuting in 2000 as Professor Charles Xavier, the founder and mentor of the mutant superhero team.

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

The company is also debuting LendScore Arc, an AI-powered credit risk model that learns from the order and timing of a borrower’s transactions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

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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