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Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
Officials around the world have expressed concerns about AI’s potential dangers even as the US and China compete to dominate the dawning era of chatbots and content generators.
—Thomas Black, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2023
Alex Smith called Sloane into the family’s kitchen recently on a day before a new school year dawned.
—Jonathan Abrams, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
The day of the finals dawned blistering hot, with the mercury headed north of ninety degrees by late morning.
—Sally H. Jacobs, Town & Country, 15 Aug. 2023
His eyes will betray his panic, his fear, his dawning realization of his powerlessness.
—Rory Smith, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
The executives, however, left the meeting with a dawning realization about some shortcomings of that offer, which had further infuriated rank-and-file WGA members.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023
The era of fast fashion was dawning, but Forever 21 and H&M had yet to make inroads into my town—and didn’t carry pants with my lengthy inseam anyway.
—Ann Friedman, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2023
You’ve been denied the dawning awareness, garnered over decades, that people who grow up with their birth families receive.
—Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2023
Stephen Battaglio, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2023
For Silicon Valley, the dawn of the AI age has been a spiritual revival; after a decade of increasing public wariness about tech’s influence on the world, the roaring enthusiasm for tools like ChatGPT has created a new boom.
—Kate Knibbs, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
Two days before opening in mid-September, just before dawn, burglars threw a brick through Dilawri’s window.
—Paul Schwartzman, Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2023
At the dawn of the new millennium, however, the mayor, Francisco de la Torre, took steps to reverse the decline.
—Lisa Johnson, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2023
Since the dawn of dinner, food fads have formed, and fizzled.
—David Pogue, CBS News, 19 Nov. 2023
Mosquitoes that spread such diseases are more active at dawn and dusk.
—Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
The current models were adopted back at the dawn of the music-streaming age, when revenue was so low that there was little difference between, say, 12% and 15% of royalties.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 13 Nov. 2023
As the dawn of generative AI unfolds, a distinct separation will emerge among professionals and businesses: those who leverage this transformative technology to enhance productivity and innovation and those who lag behind.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
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Word History
Verb and Noun
Middle English, probably back-formation from dawning daybreak, alteration of dawing, from Old English dagung, from dagian — see daw entry 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Dawn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dawn. Accessed 6 Dec. 2023.
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