variants
or less commonly début
1
: a first appearance
made her singing debut
the writer's debut novel
2
: a formal entrance into society
in honor of their daughter's debut
debuted; debuting; debuts
: to make a first appearance or a formal entrance into society : to make a debut
: to present to the public for the first time : introduce
debut a new product
Examples of debut in a Sentence
Noun
my debut as a pianist
He made his singing debut at a very young age.
She is making her television debut.
Verb
The singer debuted 10 years ago, at the age of 15.
The car debuted 30 years ago.
The computer will soon be debuting in stores across the country.
The network debuts a new sitcom tonight.
Recent Examples on the Web
Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
Ibotta joins a handful of tech companies like Instacart and Reddit that enjoyed a solid debut in the public markets.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
The renewal also continues the Kings’ long relationship with CBS and its parent company Paramount, which dates back to The Good Wife’s debut in 2009.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
The Jinx Part 2 debuts April 21 on HBO and Max, with additional episodes releasing weekly.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
Coleman made his outdoor debut last week in the 4x100 relay during a dual meet against El Camino Real.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Pale Saints formed in Leeds in the late 1980s, originally playing jangly indie-pop before expanding, on their 1989 debut EP, Barging Into the Presence of God, into the more atmospheric sound that would come to be associated with dream-pop and shoegaze.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2024
Sifan Chen’s Menswear Balances Chaos and Restraint This season saw the debut of Sifan Chen’s menswear label Chén Sifan.
—Vogue, 6 Apr. 2024
Director Robert Eggers' feature debut plays on the specter of witchcraft for a slow-burn psychological thriller that makes colonial fears relevant to modern viewers.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Kyle Denis, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2024
The Jinx — Part Two premiere The team behind the follow-up to The Jinx debuted part two in New York on Thursday, with support from guests including Michael J. Fox, Molly Shannon and Debra Messing.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
Illmatic reportedly debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200, only selling around 60,000 in its first week.
—Earl Hopkins, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2024
Meta wasn’t the first to debut an ultra-powerful artificial intelligence model — that honor, of course, went to OpenAI with ChatGPT — but it’s been working feverishly to catch up.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Donald Walker said the goal is to keep on growing the school population and this winter the school will debut a boys program as well.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
Cowboy Carter’s launch is also Beyoncé’s biggest week, by units, since her Lemonade album debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales) on the May 14, 2016, chart.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2024
It’s been a flop When Amazon debuted cashier-less technology, it was hailed as the future of retail.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
Let’s credit debuting feature director Arkasha Stevenson (a former photographer for this paper) with the stylishness to pull off a potent sense of atmosphere and the kind of lovely period detail that deep studio pockets can fund but rarely have cause to summon.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
Noun
Wegmans is focused on making its Charlotte debut in Ballantyne, but expect more stores to open in the region.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
Ibotta joins a handful of tech companies like Instacart and Reddit that enjoyed a solid debut in the public markets.
—Anne D'innocenzio, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
The renewal also continues the Kings’ long relationship with CBS and its parent company Paramount, which dates back to The Good Wife’s debut in 2009.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Apr. 2024
The Jinx Part 2 debuts April 21 on HBO and Max, with additional episodes releasing weekly.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2024
Coleman made his outdoor debut last week in the 4x100 relay during a dual meet against El Camino Real.
—Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2024
Pale Saints formed in Leeds in the late 1980s, originally playing jangly indie-pop before expanding, on their 1989 debut EP, Barging Into the Presence of God, into the more atmospheric sound that would come to be associated with dream-pop and shoegaze.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2024
Sifan Chen’s Menswear Balances Chaos and Restraint This season saw the debut of Sifan Chen’s menswear label Chén Sifan.
—Vogue, 6 Apr. 2024
Director Robert Eggers' feature debut plays on the specter of witchcraft for a slow-burn psychological thriller that makes colonial fears relevant to modern viewers.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Verb
In between the two aforementioned LPs, Swift topped the Billboard 200 with both Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) and 1989 (Taylor’s Version), the latter of which became the star’s record-extending sixth album to debut with over one million pure sales in its first week.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 19 Apr. 2024
The Jinx — Part Two premiere The team behind the follow-up to The Jinx debuted part two in New York on Thursday, with support from guests including Michael J. Fox, Molly Shannon and Debra Messing.
—Kirsten Chuba, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Apr. 2024
Illmatic reportedly debuted at No. 12 on the Billboard 200, only selling around 60,000 in its first week.
—Earl Hopkins, SPIN, 19 Apr. 2024
Meta wasn’t the first to debut an ultra-powerful artificial intelligence model — that honor, of course, went to OpenAI with ChatGPT — but it’s been working feverishly to catch up.
—Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 18 Apr. 2024
Donald Walker said the goal is to keep on growing the school population and this winter the school will debut a boys program as well.
—Cody Thorn, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
Cowboy Carter’s launch is also Beyoncé’s biggest week, by units, since her Lemonade album debuted at No. 1 with 653,000 units (mostly from traditional album sales) on the May 14, 2016, chart.
—Keith Caulfield, Billboard, 7 Apr. 2024
It’s been a flop When Amazon debuted cashier-less technology, it was hailed as the future of retail.
—Bryan Mena, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
Let’s credit debuting feature director Arkasha Stevenson (a former photographer for this paper) with the stylishness to pull off a potent sense of atmosphere and the kind of lovely period detail that deep studio pockets can fund but rarely have cause to summon.
—Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
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“Debut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/debut. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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