premiere

noun

Definition of premierenext
as in debut

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Recent Examples of premiere Spam Folder • Jackie Earle Haley returns as Lincoln Cogswell, the folksy judge who handled the S-Talk case in the series premiere. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026 But just weeks before the premiere of its third season on Thursday, the conversation surrounding the show took an unexpected turn. — Yael Buechler, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026 The comedy series will round out its first season at 10 full episodes after the special premiere. — Tanya Fedak, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026 Hudson Williams is back on the small screen this month with the premiere of Yaga, the supernatural thriller series from AMC+ and Canadian production company, Crave. — Tim Chan, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for premiere
Recent Examples of Synonyms for premiere
  1. debut
  2. arrival
  3. beginning
  4. emergence
  5. advent
  6. commencement
  7. start
  8. launch
Noun
  • But any delay would leave less room for a 2026 debut—and for other companies to follow suit—before the end of the year.
    — Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • No Refunds drops January 15, 2027, just over two years after Lambrini Girls shared their 2025 debut Who Let The Dogs Out.
    — Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of debut
Noun
  • The arrival, by black car transfer from the Honolulu airport to a private airport and then a quick flight on a private jet, is pretty swank.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026
  • It’ll be priced at US$7,815 for that sole variant Stateside, with dealership arrivals expected mid-2027.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of arrival
Noun
  • Expect some traffic back-ups at the beginning and end of the game as parking lots empty and drivers hit the road in what is a construction zone on highways running through downtown.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Advertisement At the beginning of May, separatists turned in a petition with hundreds of thousands of signatures to push for a vote on leaving Canada, while opponents collected signatures in support of staying.
    — Chantelle Lee, Time, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of beginning
Noun
  • The re-emergence of a long-unseen Jean-Michel Basquiat masterpiece is a miracle the art market occasionally performs.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Prior to the emergence of AI writing tools, the cardinal sin of writing was plagiarism.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of emergence
Noun
  • For one thing, social media has gotten far less social since the advent of engagement algorithms and infinite scroll.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Since the advent of OpenAI’s ChatGPT in late 2022, the list of possible indicators that the AI boom was about to go bust is long and keeps getting longer, leaving Wall Street asking each time if the end is finally near.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of advent
Noun
  • Their achievement is worthy of commencement speakers from the local, state and federal level — including Nancy Pelosi.
    — Noel Brennan, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The city’s post came shortly after Butker delivered a commencement speech on May 14, 2024, at Benedictine College.
    — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of commencement
Noun
  • The anticipated early 2028 production start will mark the next stage of the company’s investment in Colorado.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The Heat also stuck with essentially the same bench rotation (but with a twist) despite its rough start to the season.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of start
Noun
  • Each ship comes with 16 missile launch cells, a Lockheed Martin SPY-7 radar, an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) helicopter, and other cutting-edge missile defense capabilities.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • This was the 36th launch and landing for B1063, which notably launched NASA's DART asteroid-smashing mission in November 2021.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of launch

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