(n.) The period including the four Sundays before Christmas.
(n.) The first or the expected second coming of Christ.
(n.) Coming; any important arrival; approach.
Example Sentences:
(1) Finally, before the advent of the third-party payment, operations were avoided because of the financial burden.
(2) "With the advent of sophisticated data-processing capabilities (including big data), the big number-crunchers can detect, model and counter all manner of online activities just by detecting the behavioural patterns they see in the data and adjusting their tactics accordingly.
(3) The advent of transgenic technology, in which foreign genetic information is stably introduced into the mammalian germ line, has dramatically enhanced our basic knowledge of physiologic and pathologic processes.
(4) With the advent of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR), molecular biology is at last poised to enter the clinical microbiology laboratory.
(5) The advent of cyclosporine A provides the dermatologist with a new therapeutic strategem in the management of psoriasis, although the long-term safety of such interventional therapy remains to be discerned.
(6) Accurate reproducible measurements of the rate of gastric emptying have only been possible since the advent of external radionuclide detection techniques.
(7) However, the advent of the polymerase chain reaction, coupled with a boom in funding for human immunodeficiency virus research have moved retroviral research apace, raising questions as to whether novel contributions would be realized.
(8) With the advent of advancing methodology and monoclonal antibodies the new models support nuclear localisation of the receptor, the clinical significance of this in cancer treatment is far from clear.
(9) The advent of what is called the chemotherapy of mental diseases goes back to the early fifties, when a series of clinical observations led medical research to reconsider this field, that at the time was not particularly developed.
(10) Since the advent of modern methods of neonatal care, intracranial hemorrhage in premature infants, which is usually intraventricular, is probably not as uniformly fatal as generally admitted and the survivors are likely to develop post-hemorrhagic hydrocephalus.
(11) With the advent of colour coding in electro-optical displays, the need for a detailed quantification of focusing responses to chromatic stimuli is particularly important because of the influence of the chromatic aberration present in ocular optics on the focusing response of the eye.
(12) The latter has been used infrequently since the advent of antibiotics, except recently for treatment of cancer.
(13) Two technical developments, the advent of supercomputing as a routine tool in quantum solid-state material science and molecular dynamics on the one hand, and molecular biology on the other hand, have created--perhaps for the first time-the possibility of directly linking a more realistic description of the radiation field to observable events at biomolecular level.
(14) Breakthroughs in the areas of serology (e.g., removal of IgM antibodies and the use of CLL cells for serum screening), strategy (use of a calculated cumulative probability of transplantability to determine the necessary donor pool size), and therapy (the use of Staph A immunosorbent columns to remove IgG from the patient's serum and the advent of recombinant erythropoietin) are rapidly evolving to the point where there is promise of substantially improving the chances of transplanting highly sensitized patients.
(15) According to these criteria, cholecystectomy (removing not only the stones but also the offending gallbladder)--in particular with the advent of the laparoscopic approach--is the therapy of choice.
(16) The advent of electron microscopy has repeatedly confirmed Whipple's original postulate that bacterial infestation might be the cause of intestinal lipodystrophy (Whipple's disease).
(17) However the advent of computer-based image analysers offers a more straightforward, although less direct, method of making such measurements.
(18) The advent of stroboscopy has proved to be a breakthrough for the laryngologist studying the voice.
(19) The recurrent crises explain why a range of figures, from Blake to Gandhi , and Simone Weil to Yukio Mishima, reacted remarkably similarly to the advent of industrial and commercial society, to the unprecedented phenomenon of all that is solid melting into thin air, across Europe, Asia and Africa.
(20) Prior to the advent of liposuction, there were a number of reports in the medical literature about significant complication rates from facelifting, ranging in frequency from 1 to 8%.
Coming
Definition:
(p. pr & vb. n.) of Come
(a.) Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.
(a.) Ready to come; complaisant; fond.
(n.) Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.
(n.) Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ.
Example Sentences:
(1) We examined the karyotype in five individuals of roe-deer (Capreolus capreolus), coming from Southern Moravia.
(2) But when he speaks, the crowds who have come together to make a stand against government corruption and soaring fuel prices cheer wildly.
(3) Schneiderlin, valued at an improbable £27m, and the currently injured Jay Rodriguez are wanted by their former manager Mauricio Pochettino at Spurs, but the chairman Ralph Krueger has apparently called a halt to any more outgoings, saying: “They are part of the core that we have decided to keep at Southampton.” He added: “Jay Rodriguez and Morgan Schneiderlin are not for sale and they will be a part of our club as we enter the new season.” The new manager Ronald Koeman has begun rebuilding by bringing in Dusan Tadic and Graziano Pellè from the Dutch league and Krueger said: “We will have players coming in, we will make transfers to strengthen the squad.
(4) The dramas are part of the BBC2 controller Janice Hadlow's plans for her "unashamedly intelligent" channel over the coming months.
(5) It comes in defiant journalism, like the story televised last week of a gardener in Aleppo who was killed by bombs while tending his roses and his son, who helped him, orphaned.
(6) We’ve spoken to them on the phone and they’ve all said they just want to come home.” A total of 93 pupils from Saint-Joseph were on the trip.
(7) When you have been out for a month you need to prepare properly before you come back.” Pellegrini will make his own assessment of Kompany’s fitness before deciding whether to play him in the Bournemouth game, which he is careful to stress may not be the foregone conclusion the league table might suggest.
(8) Photograph: Guardian The research also compiled data covered by a wider definition of tax haven, including onshore jurisdictions such as the US state of Delaware – accused by the Cayman islands of playing "faster and looser" even than offshore jurisdictions – and the Republic of Ireland, which has come under sustained pressure from other EU states to reform its own low-tax, light-tough, regulatory environment.
(9) That's why the big dreams have come from the smaller candidates such as the radical left's Jean-Luc Mélenchon.
(10) We could do with similar action to cut out botnets and spam, but there aren't any big-money lobbyists coming to Mandelson pleading loss of business through those.
(11) Couples in need of help will be "encouraged" to come to a private agreement.
(12) But the Franco-British spat sparked by Dave's rejection of Angela and Nicolas's cunning plan to save the euro has been given wings by news the US credit agencies may soon strip France of its triple-A rating and is coming along very nicely, thank you. "
(13) It comes as the museum is transforming itself in the wake of major cuts in its government funding and looking more towards private-sector funding, a move that has caused some unease about its future direction.
(14) We knew it would be a strange match because they had to come out and play to win to finish third,” Benitez said afterwards.
(15) Sheez, I thought, is that what the revolutionary spirit of 1789 and 1968 has come to?
(16) The move comes as a poll found that 74% of people want doctors to be allowed to help terminally ill people end their lives.
(17) After friends heard that he was on them, Brumfield started observing something strange: “If we had people over to the Super Bowl or a holiday season party, I’d notice that my medicines would come up short, no matter how good friends they were.” Twice people broke into his house to get to the drugs.
(18) At the weekend the couple’s daughter, Holly Graham, 29, expressed frustration at the lack of information coming from the Foreign Office and the tour operator that her parents travelled with.
(19) In a poll before the debate, 48% predicted that Merkel, who will become Europe's longest serving leader if re-elected on 22 September, would emerge as the winner of the US-style debate, while 26% favoured Steinbruck, a former finance minister who is known for his quick-wit and rhetorical skills, but sometimes comes across as arrogant.
(20) Only an extensive knowledge of the various mechanisms and pharmacologic agents that can be used to prevent or treat these adverse reactions will allow the physician to approach the problem scientifically and come to a reasonable solution for the patient.