dawn
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His arrival at Adobe came at the dawn of software-as-a service, which at the time was a revolutionary shift toward monetizing software via subscription business models.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026
For example, teenage births in the United States have been falling since the early 1990s, long before the dawn of the smartphone.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
Other big winners included Ragtime, about three families pursuing the American dream at the dawn of the 20th Century, and Schmigadoon!, a comedic celebration of theatre's golden age, adapted from the Apple TV series.
From BBC • Jun. 8, 2026
The best times to encounter them are at dawn or dusk, when most tourists are sleeping or sipping caipirinhas.
From Slate • May 27, 2026
The idea that someone should have been feeding them seemed to dawn on the Bedouin raiders all at once.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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