historic
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SpaceX in June carried out a historic initial public offering, positioning the rocket and satellite maker as a central player in the artificial intelligence revolution.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 5, 2026
Many in Hollywood fear that the consolidation of two historic studios will bring thousands of layoffs and contribute to a bleaker employment picture.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 4, 2026
To get some culture without the heat, she suggests heading to Venice's Teatro La Fenice - a historic opera house - and the Ca' Rezzonico art museum.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The FCC’s review of the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger is one of the final federal hurdles facing a historic consolidation of two of the five largest film studios in Hollywood.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
There is no question that the historic civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s owed its existence to the summer of 1919, when organized black resistance to white abuse first became a reality.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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