advent
/ˈæd.vɛnt/ noun B2- Arrival; onset; a time when something first comes or appears; the time when it is approaching.
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Then, “Who shall have it?” “He who will come.” That was Charles the Second, whose advent was already foreseen.
The advent of the railroad and the disruption of regional commerce eventually eclipsed the grandeur of the steamboat era, transforming the bustling river into a quieter thoroughfare.
Long before the advent of digital streaming or broadcast networks, Dickens engineered the original episodic dramas that commanded national attention.
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