crucible
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The ruins of the Soviet command economy were also a crucible for innovation, said Kadri Ukrainski, who lectures on the subject at Estonia's Tartu University.
From Barron's ● Aug. 2, 2026
But what an image: an observatory dome bubbling out of a boil of smaller domes, like an idea simmering in a crucible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 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
He studied at a Catholic university in Budapest that was a crucible for conservative ideas that Magyar embraced as a young man, according to a former classmate of his, Miklos Nattán.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
Sometimes gold was hidden in a wand with a false bottom, to appear miraculously in a crucible at the end of some arduous experimental demonstration.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
Wars, as ever, are crucibles for rapid development—and adoption—of new tech.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 6, 2026
Excavations and geophysical surveys in this area revealed crucibles, slag, and tin bronze artifacts.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 5, 2025
"Wales was one of the great crucibles of the Industrial Revolution, which was sweeping Europe and later the world," added Ms Protheroe-Jones.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
Eduardo Galvan is a lifelong skater who grew up in Venice, one of the sport’s crucibles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 11, 2024
One of the huge travelling crucibles was being tapped as they flew over.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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