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Example sentences for: advent

How can you use “advent” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The old system didn’t begin to shift until the mid-nineteenth century, with the advent of a new kind of middleman.
The advent of Linux; the continued penetration of Java; the merger between AOL and Netscape; and the rapid growth in PDAs and non-desktop applications: All of these are phenomena that don't fit into the picture of a computing world in which domination of the PC operating system translates into domination elsewhere.
Resort hotels began to appear and the advent of air-conditioning improved the often stifling humidity of summer.
For instance, the Los Angeles Times leads with yesterday's 257-point gain on Wall St, and the New York Times goes with a piece about how private hospitals, with the advent of managed care and lower doctor's fees, are now courting Medicaid patients because of the guaranteed government dollars they represent, while shunning uninsured patients more than ever.
With the advent of this `last name,' which came to be known as a surname (from the French surnom ), given names came to be called `first names,' or, because we can have more than one, `forenames.