PREMIERE Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

premiere

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Definition of premiere

as in debut

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Recent Examples of premiere Big Brother fans were treated to not one but three appearances by former CBS reality stars in the season premiere July 9, but one made an unexpected exit by falling into an erupting volcano. — Lynette Rice, Deadline, 11 July 2026 Grant reflects on the premiere, which kicked off with a troupe of Polynesian dancers onstage at the Hollywood Bowl. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 July 2026 The currently airing Season 9, which received a nomination for its season premiere, hasn’t really seen a notable uptick in quality or in buzz, making its return to the Emmys stage a little baffling. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 10 July 2026 Julie Chen Moonves shares her thoughts on that wild Big Brother premiere, including Rachel Reilly perishing in a volcano. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 10 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for premiere

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Noun

To celebrate 25 years of her career in the music industry, and debut album The Spirit Room, the singer-songwriter has announced Everywhere and Back Again, an EP of some of her biggest hits that have been reimagined by other artists.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
Following its debut on the Nasdaq last week, shares of South Korean memory maker SK Hynix could double in price over the next year, according to Barclays.

— Tobias Burns, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of debut

Noun

The excise falls on the remainder, the senders without accounts, who skew toward the newest arrivals, the lowest earners and the undocumented.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Somehow neither the two chaperone teachers on the trip, flighty Viktorija (Tihana Lazovic) and lumpish Markus (Branislav Trifunovic), nor the coach’s driver notice Bogdanovic’s arrival.

— Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2026

Definition of arrival

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Michelle Branch is going back to her electric blue beginnings.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 15 July 2026
So the players have to lose every contest once to get to Room 8 and discover how to claim ultimate victory, then win every contest to get back to the beginning and correctly count some rice.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 July 2026

Definition of beginning

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The startup is now expanding into agentic AI in the wake of OpenClaw’s emergence, tapping a wave of enthusiasm for software that can carry out tasks without human intervention.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
Of the various speculative theories for the emergence of this extreme preference, one that seems plausible to me points to our unprecedented capacity for violence.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 13 July 2026

Definition of emergence

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The advent of reading and writing was a precondition for philosophy, modern science, history as an academic enterprise, art criticism.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026
The origins of modern copyright lie in 15th-century Europe, when a technological breakthrough — the advent of the printing press — enabled the mass production of literary works for the first time.

— Zoey Forbes, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Definition of advent

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The students booing artificial intelligence at commencements across the country are not just worried about jobs.

— Mark Bardeen Andrejevic, Washington Post, 10 July 2026
Bill Clinton, who was giving that day’s commencement address, praised El-Sayed in his own remarks.

— Jason Zengerle, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Definition of commencement

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Despite a nerve-wracking 1-0 start (before Bellingham knocked in a deuce), Jagger was seen looking grim and pacing around the VIP box.

— Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 14 July 2026
Mike Hughes didn’t need an OTA practice, let alone a season with 17 starts and the second-most interceptions by a rookie in franchise history, to know the Falcons landed an impact player in safety Xavier Watts last summer.

— Daniel Flick, AJC.com, 14 July 2026

Definition of start

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Submissions for the inaugural DARCYS opened June 16 and closed July 14, and the ceremony’s afterparty will double as the launch of the HRTS Access Leadership Award, with a nomination process to be announced separately.

— Keely Cat-Wells, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Skyroot Aerospace successfully launched its Vikram-1 rocket to low Earth orbit (LEO) early Saturday morning (July 18), making India just the third country with a private orbital launch capability.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 18 July 2026

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