usher in
verb
ushered in; ushering in; ushers in
1
: to serve to bring into being
a discovery that ushered in a period of change
2
: to mark or observe the beginning of
ushered in the new year with merrymaking
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The chatbot, which can generate cover letters, jokes, scripts and just about any other kind of text, took artificial intelligence mainstream, ushering in a new craze in Silicon Valley.
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Richard Nieva, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The holidays have arrived, ushering in glad tidings and a heaping dose of Christmas cheer along with them.
—Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2023
But the French Revolution marked a change, ushering in an era when men began to favor more utilitarian forms of dress.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2023
Dietz believed that open source—the practice of making software code available for anyone to see, use, and riff upon—could usher in this new dawn.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
Ethiopians’ longing for peace appeared to be answered in 2018 when Abiy Ahmed of the Oromo Democratic Party came to power, ushering in a wave of reforms and promising more inclusive governance.
—Patrick Vinck, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2023
During the Hindu festival of Diwali, intricate neon-hued sand decorations called rangoli embellish the entrances of homes across India and the diaspora, their presence intended to ward off evil and usher in good fortune.
—Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
The point was always to start a movement that would help bring down Western Civilization and usher in the Leftist Utopia.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
Jezebel ushered in a boom in online feminist media, and many of those verticals are gone now too, from Broadly at Vice (which also announced layoffs yesterday) to DoubleX at Slate.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
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Richard Nieva, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023
The holidays have arrived, ushering in glad tidings and a heaping dose of Christmas cheer along with them.
—Sarah Lemire, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Nov. 2023
But the French Revolution marked a change, ushering in an era when men began to favor more utilitarian forms of dress.
—Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 25 Nov. 2023
Dietz believed that open source—the practice of making software code available for anyone to see, use, and riff upon—could usher in this new dawn.
—Joel Khalili, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2023
Ethiopians’ longing for peace appeared to be answered in 2018 when Abiy Ahmed of the Oromo Democratic Party came to power, ushering in a wave of reforms and promising more inclusive governance.
—Patrick Vinck, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2023
During the Hindu festival of Diwali, intricate neon-hued sand decorations called rangoli embellish the entrances of homes across India and the diaspora, their presence intended to ward off evil and usher in good fortune.
—Mahira Rivers, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
The point was always to start a movement that would help bring down Western Civilization and usher in the Leftist Utopia.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 10 Nov. 2023
Jezebel ushered in a boom in online feminist media, and many of those verticals are gone now too, from Broadly at Vice (which also announced layoffs yesterday) to DoubleX at Slate.
—Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2023
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First Known Use
circa 1600, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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