(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%.
Yuletide
Definition:
(n.) Christmas time; Christmastide; the season of Christmas.
Example Sentences:
(1) "Great Yuletide fun on ITV now: hilarious reparations as Dannii Minogue performs a selection of the biblical world's most hideous acts of penance in front of a panel of witheringly critical bisexual judges."
(2) What they’d really like is a lottery win so they can forget yuletide altogether and get on a plane to Goa or Istanbul.
(3) It's been around for less than a year, yet Heidi Thomas's wildly successful period drama feels as if it's been with us forever, with each episode essentially a yuletide special in miniature, laden with air-punching nuns and twinkling tales of placentas past.
(4) Forecasts of Christmas spending seem mixed: 2012's figures suggested an average household spend no higher than in 2006 and people remain driven to find bargains, but there have been credible predictions of a 3.5% rise in 2013, and yuletide spending exceeding £40bn.
(5) The book, The Atheist's Guide to Christmas, contained contributions from such present-day icons as Richard Dawkins, Charlie Brooker, Derren Brown, Ben Goldacre, Jenny Colgan, David Baddiel, AC Grayling and Ariane Sherine on (in essence) how to have a fun yuletide if you don't believe in God.
(6) No yuletide is complete without a Furby, and Hamleys believes that this year's edition – the Furby Boom – will be right up there as a "huge seller", even though it is yet to be launched.
(7) This should prove sobering enough to prepare you for Thirsty Thursday , the traditional kick-off for the nightly yuletide pilgrimage from office party to A&E.
(8) Boo Oliver Cromwell trying to cancel Christmas, cheer Charles Dickens reviving Yuletide traditions, and watch Henry VIII get his stuffing.
(9) Last year's was an all-white number with ticker tape and bubbly, which made it look as if they were trapped in a 2013 version of The Crystal Maze, but this year their yuletide snap went further and almost broke the internet.
(10) It will be the programme's last outing on BBC2 before it switches to BBC1 next year; Berry will also offer up some advice for the "perfect Yuletide feast" on a festive Food and Drink.
(11) Whether the single can harness the anti-Simon Cowell feeling that propelled RATM to the yuletide top spot remains to be seen, but the anarchic coalition has already garnered a substantial following, with more than 60,000 fans on Facebook.
(12) The “war on Christmas” has become an annual yuletide fiction as reliable as tales of the Grinch , the nutcracker or even of Santa Claus himself.
(13) Wearing 3D glasses, she watched part of the footage, to be broadcast on Christmas Day, as the final touches were made to the yuletide staple.
(14) This involved watching the latter-day Quo entertain yuletide crowds in Manchester and Liverpool, and interviewing their dual monarchy, Rick Parfitt and Francis Rossi.
(15) I question the judgment of government in choosing to drop another holiday bombshell on people with disability, who are now spending Easter worrying about whether they will have an income rather than spending quality time with loved ones and families (you might remember that in the lead up to Christmas, we were treated to Yuletide headlines promising to "bust bludgers" and crack down on "disability cheats").
(16) So send any yuletide puzzlers and seasonal trivia troublers to knowledge@theguardian.com DO HOOLIGANS EVER WIN?
(17) In the 1960s Elvis gave us yuletide joy in the form of Blue Christmas and If Every Day Was Like Christmas , while the recently departed Dora Bryan made the top 20 in 1963 with All I Want For Christmas Is a Beatle .
(18) When I discovered that the film was only showing in two cinemas in the whole state, I authorised my youngest son to download it for Yuletide family viewing.
(19) Merry gentlemen and merry gentlewomen should go to The Harlequin on Wednesday 14 December, where there will be a gathering around the piano to belt out an evening of yuletide favourites.
(20) Outside, queuing in temperatures of -8C before the event, guests – who included the speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and a house foreign affairs committee member, Chris Smith – were entertained by the Oslo police band playing, perhaps incongruously, Yuletide favourites: Jingle Bells, Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.