breakthrough
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His breakthrough at the top level was also delayed by deciding to pursue his studies.
From BBC • Jul. 2, 2026
The breakthrough resulted from combining two important techniques.
From Science Daily • Jul. 2, 2026
The two sides made a breakthrough in 2023 by agreeing to a "Resident Papal Representative" for Vietnam.
From Barron's • Jul. 2, 2026
“We’ve seen this before when there’s a new breakthrough technology. The internet proved to be better than anybody imagined, but we still got the dot-com bubble,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 1, 2026
So when Savery built a model he would have been misled into thinking he had made a breakthrough.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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