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breakthrough

[breyk-throo] / ˈbreɪkˌθru /


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Before the game, in his BBC Sport column, Gael Clichy, who coached Olise at the Paris Olympics, said he had the potential to be the breakthrough star at the tournament.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

A genuine efficiency breakthrough, or a pause in data-center capital spending, would reprice both sides of this market fast: relief for the consumer-facing companies, and a reckoning for suppliers valued for permanent scarcity.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

The real question is whether this one-two punch innovation represents a true breakthrough.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Lee, who shot 70 on Thursday, likewise could be on the verge of a career breakthrough.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

This was a really major breakthrough: layering two lines of voices singing at the same time, but singing slightly different notes.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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