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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
Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Demand was so off the charts that Bitcoin outpaced every other asset class—including its ideological rival, gold—becoming the fastest-growing ETF debut ever.
—Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Yun Li, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Michael Keaton, Joan Baez, Fred Armisen, Cypress Hill and personal finance columnist Jessica Roy will be the guests on the first episode of the new show, which debuts live on Wednesday March 12 at 7pm PT.
—Peter White, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The pop-up events were often streamed live in various cities including Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Detroit, Houston, and Washington, D.C.
The Sunday Service Choir’s debut album, Jesus Is Born, came out on Christmas 2019 and peaked No. 2 on the Billboard Top Gospel Albums chart.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 10 Mar. 2025
Demand was so off the charts that Bitcoin outpaced every other asset class—including its ideological rival, gold—becoming the fastest-growing ETF debut ever.
—Dan Runkevicius, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
Tesla just suffered a seventh straight week of losses, its longest weekly decline since debuting on the Nasdaq in 2010.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025
Michael Keaton, Joan Baez, Fred Armisen, Cypress Hill and personal finance columnist Jessica Roy will be the guests on the first episode of the new show, which debuts live on Wednesday March 12 at 7pm PT.
—Peter White, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for debut
Noun
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In a perfect storybook ending, Saturday’s premiere of the Disney live-action adaptation of Snow White would culminate in a familiar scrum on the red carpet in front of Hollywood’s El Capitan Theatre.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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Ahead of the season 21 premiere, which would mark Kish's first time in the role, Dusic wrote a sweet tribute to Kish in an Instagram post.—
Emma Kershaw,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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Another recent time Kai and Vanessa Trump were spotted with Tiger Woods was at the Genesis Invitational, when the three arrived together at Torrey Pines for the final round.—
Mark Davis,
Newsweek,
15 Mar. 2025
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The project sees the musicians sharing their love story, and the full-length is expected to arrive later this month.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Dogs will usually show symptoms four to six days after being exposed, however the appearance of symptoms can range from three days to two weeks, according to HSHC.—
Allana Haynes,
Baltimore Sun,
10 Mar. 2025
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That's right — Robert Redford made his first on-screen acting appearance in years on Dark Winds!—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
10 Mar. 2025
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As the 1970s dawned, Stern with Callahan founded Intermedia Systems Corporation, which produced multimedia art.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2025
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The surest sign that a new year has dawned is the start of a brand-new awards-season cycle, and 2025’s officially kicked off with the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2025
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Even with such gains, though, more stocks in the S&P 500 fell than rose.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Mar. 2025
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The series is about two sisters, but for the first half of the season, even by splitting the narrative into a bunch of flashbacks, Long Bright River can’t find a way to make that relationship rise to the surface.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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So Is Trump being played or will something tangible emerge?—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
21 Mar. 2025
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Wildfires explained by Ginger Zee Powerful winds and wildfire warnings persist in several states, with some areas still fighting existing flames, as a new cross-country storm emerges in the Pacific Northwest on Friday.—
Kenton Gewecke,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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In a twist that augured perhaps the production wasn’t out of the woods yet, a small fire broke out on set while a stage was under construction.—
Krystie Lee Yandoli,
Rolling Stone,
20 Mar. 2025
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Officials did not break out a separate figure for the city of L.A. LAHSA officials released the early snapshot of the data amid a tumultuous public debate over the performance and future of the joint-powers agency created by the city and county in the 1990s to manage homelessness funds.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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But in neither case was the agency forced to issue mass terminations of projects that had already been declared worthy of funds, officials told me.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Winter storm warnings issued Thursday lingered into Friday morning in mountainous regions of Arizona and Utah, where more than a foot (30 centimeters) of snowfall was possible.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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