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\Definition of 2.0
—used postpositively to describe a new and improved version or example of something or someone… data previously collected by the planet-hunting telescope are turning up a trove of strange and wonderful worlds, bringing researchers closer, they hope, to finding “Earth 2.0.”— Amina Khan, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2014Everyone agrees that the new [Doug] Bruce is no longer the arrogant overachiever he used to be. He's Doug 2.0, shaggier and nicer …— Ty Burr, Boston Globe, 24 Mar. 2006
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The first known use of 2.0 was in 1983
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