breakthrough
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A genuine efficiency breakthrough, or a pause in data-center capital spending, would reprice both sides of this market fast: relief for the consumer-facing companies, and a reckoning for suppliers valued for permanent scarcity.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026
With little pedigree, 114th-ranked Chwalinska's breakthrough is a lesson in what can be achieved through dedication and perseverance.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The real question is whether this one-two punch innovation represents a true breakthrough.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026
“But we had a breakthrough last week and he’s sleeping a lot better. Therefore, my life has been a lot easier.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026
But it would not be until the early 1940s that a major breakthrough would allow more efficient undersea explorations, discoveries, and excavations in the form of an invention by Jacques Cousteau and Emile Gagnan.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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