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advent

[ad-vent] / ˈæd vɛnt /
NOUN
beginning or arrival of something anticipated
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STRONGEST
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Had the advent of intensive parenting robbed the holiday of its spark?

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

Son and Musk have been at the center of the biggest tech investments of a generation and each is intent on steering what might become the biggest technological disruption since the advent of electricity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

“With the advent of BookTok, it allows you to have so much social chatter around these authors. They’re becoming new rock stars, in a way,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

The advent of social media and, more recently, AI-driven commerce, has allowed companies to grow much more quickly than in the past.

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

Even before the advent of the Nuremberg Laws, life had become all but intolerable for German Jews.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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