as in arrival
the act of coming upon a scene
with the advent of the mass-produced automobile, the need for a better system of roads and highways soon became apparent
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Recent Examples of advent
Along with Labubus, the shopsilverstars makes K-pop, coquette, and Taylor Swift advent calendar gift boxes.
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Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 27 Sep. 2025
Our energy landscape is rapidly evolving with the advent of new means to store energy.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
But that started to change around 2015—well before the advent of OpenAI’s chatbot in late 2022 and the rush into generative AI that followed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
With the advent of modern password-cracking techniques, all but the strongest Kerberos passwords can be cracked, often in a matter of seconds.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The turn of the century saw the advent of rhizobial soil inoculants for improving legume growth, with the FDA promoting such applications.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Decades ago, before the advent of modern material technologies, tire carcasses were made from cotton canvas.
—Wes Siler, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
Gladstone interviewed over 200 experts for this report, and drilled down on national security issues, acknowledging that AI is likely to be a destabilizer on par with the advent of nuclear weapons.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
With the advent of streaming, but also the styles of music that people are using.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 27 Sep. 2025
Our energy landscape is rapidly evolving with the advent of new means to store energy.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
But that started to change around 2015—well before the advent of OpenAI’s chatbot in late 2022 and the rush into generative AI that followed.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2025
With the advent of modern password-cracking techniques, all but the strongest Kerberos passwords can be cracked, often in a matter of seconds.
—Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 18 Sep. 2025
The turn of the century saw the advent of rhizobial soil inoculants for improving legume growth, with the FDA promoting such applications.
—Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025
Decades ago, before the advent of modern material technologies, tire carcasses were made from cotton canvas.
—Wes Siler, Outside, 16 Sep. 2025
Gladstone interviewed over 200 experts for this report, and drilled down on national security issues, acknowledging that AI is likely to be a destabilizer on par with the advent of nuclear weapons.
—John Werner, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
With the advent of streaming, but also the styles of music that people are using.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 12 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for advent
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In short, their arrival in Central Florida, in addition to the two maximum contract extensions the Magic handed out the past two summers — to Paolo Banchero in July (five years, $240 million) and to Franz Wagner (five years, $224 million) the summer before — means Orlando is going for it.—
Joe Vardon,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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That all came to an end with the arrival of the Swedish streaming service.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Stewart made three appearances on a minor-league rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City last week and joined the Dodgers in Arizona for the series against the Diamondbacks.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
27 Sep. 2025
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Slaten entered Friday having pitched in the seventh inning or later in 32 of his 35 appearances this season.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Advent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/advent. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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