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debut

[dey-byoo, dih-, dey-byoo, deb-yoo] / deɪˈbyu, dɪ-, ˈdeɪ byu, ˈdɛb yu /


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Debut host Tina Fey, a former “SNL” star and head writer, started her monologue with a cheeky explainer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026

Debut filmmaker Adrian Chiarella’s gay teenage horror film “Leviticus” sold to distributor Neon.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

Debut album Definitely Maybe, from 1994, is at number four - with only Sabrina Carpenter preventing them from completing a clean sweep of the top three.

From BBC • Jul. 11, 2025

George Clooney’s Broadway Debut: A stage adaptation of the film “Good Night, and Good Luck” is planned for next spring, with Clooney playing the journalist Edward R. Murrow.

From New York Times • May 19, 2024

James and Horace Smith, of the Rejected Addresses, which contained a parody of Wordsworth under the title "The Baby's Debut," had nothing to do with it.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)




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