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advent

[ad-vent] / ˈæd vɛnt /
NOUN
beginning or arrival of something anticipated
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
WEAK


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“The advent of machine intelligence is one of the seminal moments in human history,” Dario Amodei and six other co-founders wrote in the filing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026

Combine that bleak outcome with the advent of DVR and social media — where any event can be discussed in depth, immediately — and boom: Bye bye, watercooler.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

During the early days of the bull market, Citrini established its reputation by correctly anticipating several popular investment themes, from AI to the advent of GLP-1s.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Before the advent of AI, to recreate a voice, someone would have to record almost 400 sentences before they knew they were going to lose their voice, according to Leibowitz.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

In the 1970s Robert Carneiro, of the American Museum of Natural History, estimated the labor required to clear a field before the advent of steel.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

An Ebola vaccine that uses MVA as a “backbone” also has caused no serious advents in some 50,000 children.

From Science Magazine ● Nov. 21, 2024

Sabrina’s twice-a-year advents, like Nailed It’s and Queer Eye’s before it, suggest Netflix is rediscovering the wisdom of broadcast TV’s periodic dole outs.

From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2019

That’s probably why, along with the advents of Instagram and the gig economy, New Yorkers have taken to the modern breakfasts served at the city’s rapidly multiplying Australian cafes.

From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2018

Due primarily to the simultaneous advents of the DIY Maker Movement and the development of affordable 3D printers, costs have come down by orders of magnitude, and functionality has exploded.

From Scientific American ● Mar. 6, 2014

Always so deliberate, hardly surprised by the most outlandish advents.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy


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