advent
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With the advent of social media there are many more ways to spread information than there were in 1980.
From Literature
Today, Sondheim ranks as the most influential figure in musical theater since the advent of Rodgers and Hammerstein.
“We see this as the emergence of an investment supercycle that parallels other multi-decade cycles such as globalization or the advent of the Internet.”
From Barron's
He ranks it alongside the advent of the railroad in terms of its impact and sees a clear two-year runway of insatiable demand for tokens and for compute power.
From MarketWatch
For a time, the most exciting development in the field was the advent of light shows in which hundreds of preprogrammed drones created animations or formed corporate logos in the skies above major events.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
