Carriages gradually disappeared with the advent of the motorcar.
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Advent
/ˈæd.vɛnt/
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appearanceapproach the topic
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appulsearrivalascension dayash wednesdayattainmentcandlemascandlemas daycarnivalchristmascomingcoming nearcoming towardcorpus christidawneastereaster mondayeaster saturdayeaster sundayeastertideember days
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good fridayhalloweenhallowmasholy thursdayholy weekimminencelady daylammaslammas daylammastidelentlententidemardi grasmartinmasmaundy thursdaymichaelmasmichaelmas daymichaelmastidenearingnearness
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oncomingpalm sundaypancake daypassion weekpentecostproximationquadragesimaquadragesima sundayreachingreturnseptuagesimashrove tuesdaytime drawing ontrinity sundaytwelfth-daytwelfth-tidewhit-tuesdaywhite sundaywhitmondaywhitsunwhitsundaywhitsuntidewhitweek
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The advent of indoor tanning salons now allows Canadians to sport a sun-kissed look all year round.
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Before the advent of video games children played cowboys and Indians.
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"ASCII quotes" are a substitute character for the “real” quotes that vary from language to language, and the advent of Unicode have rendered ASCII quotes obsolete.
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