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advent

[ad-vent] / ˈæd vɛnt /
NOUN
beginning or arrival of something anticipated
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STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


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Despite the advent of the multi-ethnic "Rainbow Nation" and the end of the racist apartheid system in 1994, South Africa remains fractured on racial lines.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Some older professionals, whose careers spanned the advent of personal computing and the internet, say they don’t want to spend their last working years going through the tumult of AI adoption.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Activist short-seller Carson Block has turned bearish on corporate credit, arguing the advent of artificial intelligence will lead to severe job displacement and the economic repercussions of this will be negative on credit spreads.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

Its advent signals that the orchestration layer commanded by agentic systems is maturing faster than expected.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

In the 1970s Robert Carneiro, of the American Museum of Natural History, estimated the labor required to clear a field before the advent of steel.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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