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noun

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Definition of debutnext
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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verb

as in to arrive

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Recent Examples of debut
Noun
The 17-year-old midfielder impressed on debut in a 2-0 defeat against Leyton Orient on Saturday. — Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Wauconda moves up as Zion-Benton, Deerfield and Grayslake North debut in the top 10 following season-opening wins. — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
The unnamed album, from 5&2 Studios and Capitol Christian Music Group, is set to debut in the fall. — Lori A Bashian , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 11 Aug. 2026 Apple may no longer debut its all-glass iPhone next year, casting doubts on its ability to command more cash from its customers for premium products — a sign that investors should sell the stock, according to Jefferies. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for debut
Recent Examples of Synonyms for debut
  1. premiere
  2. arrive
  3. appearance
  4. come
  5. dawn
  6. rise
  7. emerge
  8. break out
Noun
  • Former Gotham co-stars and real-life husband-and-wife Ben McKenzie and Morena Baccarin will reunite on-screen in the Season 2 premiere of Baccarin’s Sheriff Country, their first appearance together on the CBS series.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 24 Aug. 2026
  • The highlight of the night came with the California premiere of Banks’ to be free which was jointly commissioned by La Jolla Music Society, New York’s Bridgehampton Chamber Music and Oregon’s Chamber Music Northwest.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of premiere
Verb
  • Law enforcement arrived within two minutes, officials said, before engaging the two shooters and arresting them.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Saeed Muhammad Ibrahim Rabah told The Associated Press that two settlers arrived with a tractor at his home in Khirbet al-Rakeez in the southern West Bank on Saturday afternoon.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of arrive
Noun
  • Hall of Famer Randy Johnson got his 2,000th strikeout in his 262nd appearance for the fewest games.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The 187-horsepower engine is perfectly adequate for ordinary driving, but the XRT’s tougher appearance belies a lack of cojones.
    — Josh Max, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of appearance
Verb
  • As for Joe Musgrove’s next opportunity, that will come Thursday for Triple-A El Paso for Oklahoma City.
    — Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Menon came aboard on July 14, making the trip on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft along with cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov and Anna Kikina.
    — Mike Wall, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of come
Verb
  • In this dawning age of artificial intelligence, tech companies are racing to train and run their large language models using massive data centers that guzzle electricity and strain resources.
    — Arielle Frommer, Scientific American, 20 Aug. 2026
  • But the golden age of cable that dawned in the late 1990s and streaming’s early-2010s rise multiplied the number of titles platforms were pumping out.
    — Judy Berman, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of dawn
Verb
  • The footage mixes high-speed chases and explosive action with comedic beats, framing a story built around chaos, mismatched heroism and rising stakes as the mission unfolds.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • With five minutes of task-specific data and 10 gradient steps, its average success rate rose to 83%.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of rise
Verb
  • Israeli jets struck the Abu al-Dahar airbase in northern Syria, targeting what officials said was an emerging Turkish military buildup that Israel viewed as a significant threat.
    — Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The theater also is poised to strengthen the neighborhood’s identity as a Black cultural arts district by attracting top-tier talent, hosting major events and creating opportunities for emerging local artists.
    — LaMonica Peters, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of emerge
Verb
  • After the war broke out, three of our young men, including two of my closest friends, got killed, and the government blamed the generals.
    — Marlow Stern, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
  • But there’s a universal element that all young adult actors must contend with — breaking out of the space.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
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“Debut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debut. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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