dawn
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His arrival at Adobe came at the dawn of software-as-a service, which at the time was a revolutionary shift toward monetizing software via subscription business models.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
Farmers arrived at dawn with tomatoes, gourds, chillies, lemons and melons.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
Below, the Matachel River ran smooth in the silent dawn.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 30, 2026
From dawn, crowds of pilgrims gathered in the valley of Mina, southeast of the holy city of Mecca, to throw pebbles at concrete pillars symbolising the devil.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
It was dawn, and the wind had dropped.
From "Rowan of Rin" by Emily Rodda
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