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advent

noun as in beginning or arrival of something anticipated

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Not only that, but the advent of mobile brings even more pieces to the puzzle.

The advent of state-backed digital currencies is also fraught with geopolitical significance.

From Fortune

In 45 states, the advent of September means it’s time to focus on the general election.

It’s clear stock splits have fallen out of favor in recent years, especially with the advent of fractional shares—a practice that has become increasingly common and popular on trading apps like Robinhood.

From Fortune

Though some fear that the advent of self-driving trucks could put thousands of people out of a job, proponents of the technology make the opposite argument, citing a shortage of drivers that’s causing truckers to be overworked.

Like Lent, the season of Advent was a period of reflection and fasting, and items such as dairy and sugar were forbidden.

I would venture to say that Advent is something America needs right now, religious or not.

They told me that Advent was all about waiting and hoping – that they were indeed a community of waiting and hoping.

Then came the horrors of World War I, with the advent of tanks and airplanes and poison gas.

The writer A. Lezhnev said, “I view the incident with Shostakovich as the advent of the same ‘order’ that burns books in Germany.”

But his eyes and ears were alert, and he was the first to hear the advent of a large body of horses along the main road.

These gorgeous tea-cups were never used but on high-days and holidays, or on the advent of any particular visitors.

It was not indispensable to the human race during the thousands (I say millions) of years before its advent.

One would think, to read the Christian apologists, that before the advent of Christianity the world had neither virtue nor wisdom.

The social position of the Chinese permitted to remain in the Islands has changed since the American advent.

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On this page you'll find 20 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to advent, such as: arrival, coming, onset, appearance, approach, and entrance.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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