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as in premiere
the first time an actor, musician, athlete, etc., does something in public or for the public
He made his singing debut at a very young age. She is making her television debut in the new sitcom.
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Recent Examples of debut
Alex Ritman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Kylie's debut dethroned Joe Rogan, bumping The Joe Rogan Experience down to the second spot.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The Kickstarter campaign will also debut the Fangoria Digital Archive, a fully searchable, indexed, interactive, remastered collection of the magazine’s complete original run (Issues 1–344).
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The film marks the feature directorial debut of Irish writer/director Steve Kenny and has been boarded by Bankside Films, which will launch worldwide sales at the upcoming American Film Market.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Kylie's debut dethroned Joe Rogan, bumping The Joe Rogan Experience down to the second spot.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2025
Verb
The Cartoon Coalition will debut at the AFM with a trio of movies.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 29 Oct. 2025
The Kickstarter campaign will also debut the Fangoria Digital Archive, a fully searchable, indexed, interactive, remastered collection of the magazine’s complete original run (Issues 1–344).
—Leia Mendoza, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debut
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Throughout the hour-long premiere, Megan Gallagher’s adaptation of Andrea Mara’s 2021 novel balances the tragic urgency of a missing-kid mystery with the soapy indulgences of a trash-TV thriller.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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No Man’s Land is Kuzmina’s second feature after Nika, which had a buzzy premiere at SXSW 2022 in the Narrative Feature Competition, securing Special Jury Recognition for Breakthrough Performance.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
6 Nov. 2025
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The incident is generally contained within within a few hours after resources arrive on scene.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Besides Adebayo, Miami’s only other available center was two-way contract player Vlad Goldin, who arrived from a G-League assignment but did not play.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
8 Nov. 2025
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First-team appearances came in the National League Cup ties against the under-21 side of Leeds United from the Premier League and second-division Middlesbrough, and dual-registration rules allowed Gjoshe to link up with Bottesford last month.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Roberts court, unusually obsessed with the Supreme Court’s public reputation and appearance of political interference, might consider such a ruling a way to balance limiting executive power without tanking the broader economy.—
Tiana Lowe Doescher,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Will Woll’s return to the Leafs come earlier than the organization anticipated?—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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And 74 of those came when Donovan Olugbode was open for three receptions.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
9 Nov. 2025
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As a woman whose dawning realization infests and wrenches apart her family, Collette turns in one of the most towering horror performances in memory.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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The padel idea dawned soon after.—
Alexandra Kirkman,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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But Vanderbilt, as attention, pressure and fatigue rise on a pursuit no one outside its camp expected, is essentially two teams with two games left in the 2025 regular season.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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Water levels of small streams may also rise rapidly.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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Soeren Stache | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Microsoft is giving employees a way to raise concerns about the uses of its technology after controversy emerged over the company's work in the Middle East.—
Jordan Novet,
CNBC,
6 Nov. 2025
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The first indication that dark energy may not be as dominant as previously thought emerged courtesy of the first results from DESI in Spring 2024.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Paris — Protesters disrupted a performance by the Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra in Paris three times Thursday as flares, smoke bombs and physical clashes broke out in the concert hall.—
Philippe Cordier,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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Again, massive applause and cheers broke out.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Debut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debut. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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