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crucible

[kroo-suh-buhl] / ˈkru sə bəl /


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Mr. Cain convincingly proves his central thesis: that Jobs’s years at NeXT were the crucible that transformed him from willful brat to seasoned leader.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 17, 2026

He’s on firmer footing exploring his two leads as they square off inside this smoldering crucible.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Microsoft AI chief Mustafa Suleyman, a co-founder of the generative-AI crucible DeepMind, is in charge of developing new models for the software titan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

I was socialized in the crucible of millennial progressivism.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

But in the crucible of the moment, another quite plausible definition of leadership was circulating in the upper reaches of the government.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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