breakthrough
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They're 16th in the Championship having diced with relegation last season, eventually finishing 20th in what was Montgomery's breakthrough season.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The breakthrough established MAL as a human blood group system and gave doctors a new way to identify the exceptionally rare people whose blood lacks the AnWj antigen.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 19, 2026
The breakthrough revived the program and led the industry to produce and improve on Compound E, renamed cortisone, yielding medicines such as Merck’s own Decadron.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
That’s a breakthrough win for King/Drew against a quality Southern Section opponent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
Enter, at last, Guido of Arezzo and his remarkable breakthrough.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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Speaking at the TUC congress later on Tuesday, Haigh is also expected to acknowledge the benefits, saying: "AI has enormous potential to transform our public services, make our businesses stronger and deliver new scientific breakthroughs."
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
For another, seeding the idea that they’re close to such breakthroughs can also have the advantageous effect of driving investment in an era where none of these companies have found a path to profitability.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
Yet, "very few recent G20 meetings have produced significant breakthroughs, and it's unlikely that this one will," said James Lindsay of the Council on Foreign Relations think tank.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
On the positive side, we’ve all heard the hype from Silicon Valley that we’re gonna have medical breakthroughs.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
I was searching for software, brainpower, complex algorithms, knowledge workers, call centers, transmission protocols, breakthroughs in optical engineering—the sources of wealth in our day.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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