breakthrough
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An elite dinghy racer in his youth, he gave the Cup a whirl in 1974 on Mariner, a vessel he claimed would be an innovative breakthrough.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026
A key part of the breakthrough was the ability to carefully engineer the material itself.
From Science Daily • May 6, 2026
Zuckerberg’s AI is a cop-out, not a breakthrough.
From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026
In his interview with Barron’s, Fitzsimons highlighted Google’s quantum error correction breakthrough at the end of 2024, which marked a turning point for the industry.
From Barron's • May 5, 2026
The insight, which would be implemented in an accelerator known as the synchrotron, was a breakthrough on a par with Lawrence’s own recognition of the cyclotron principle.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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