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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
Ironically, that photo was Swift and Kelce’s social media debut together. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 27 Oct. 2026 Its recent debut at Sydney International Airport, in partnership with Gebr. — Kapila Ireland, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
Verb
This summer, Estate Yountville will debut Clementine, a culinary experience led by Executive Chef Rebecca Weitzman of Flora Farms fame. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026 The all-singing, all-dancing comedy drama will also debut in China on Tencent Kids, Youku Kids and BesTV (dates still to be confirmed). — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 7 Oct. 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
  • Filming is set to begin in the spring with a fall premiere planned, and the series will be distributed through PBS with potential streaming on Amazon Video, Tubi and Fast TV.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Some events went ahead before anxieties about the protests heated up; on October 20, Miu Miu celebrated the premiere of Alice Dolop’s exhibition, Geste de Consolation, which was slated to run until October 25.
    — Madeleine Schulz, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of premiere
Verb
  • The area was briefly closed while officers waited for coroner’s officials to arrive.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026
  • With a couple of hundred attendees expected, more than 2,000 people had arrived by the halfway point of the inaugural event, which was hosted by Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 1714.
    — Nathaniel Levine, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrive
Noun
  • After the fracking boom, some pipeline developers raced for market share and cut corners on siting, restoration and appearance.
    — Neil Chatterjee, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Counterfeit devices can copy familiar names and appearances while using entirely different hardware.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of appearance
Verb
  • At meetings in 2014 and 2016, both of which came six days before elections, the Fed held steady.
    — Aoife Walsh, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Further announcements for the 2027 event will be due in the coming months.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of come
Verb
  • Already offputting, Reid’s performance of Rapp’s dawning realizations — flipping from dismissive skepticism to feverish belief with little in between — grows less grounded by the minute.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Then the second half dawned, and Harper joined the party as well.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dawn
Verb
  • That comes against a backdrop of rising borrowing costs globally.
    — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The investment forms part of a broader plan to spend $8 billion to $9 billion through 2030 to meet rising demand for munitions.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of rise
Verb
  • But important clues about how the sickness operates are emerging from the latest studies of bacterial DNA in ancient bones and teeth.
    — Faye Flam, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Once regarded as fragile and inward-looking, China’s health system is now emerging as an ambitious innovation engine.
    — Ruby Wang, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of emerge
Verb
  • So my wife and I are getting on a plane, leaving our three children with a babysitter, and praying war won’t break out and strand us.
    — Jonathan Dekel, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The fire broke out during a high-intensity training exercise with live munitions, including hand grenades, on a military base in Wainwright, Alberta, Kevin Maimann reports for CBC News.
    — Noah Haggerty, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
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“Debut.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/debut. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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