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- noun Plural form of
advent .
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Examples
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With HBO as prominent as ever, and Showtime gaining by the nanosecond, not to mention the advents of original series on TNT, FX and USA, people are quickly realizing that TV right now at least is the better medium for quality storytelling.
Dustin Hoffman's new HBO show: A breakthrough for TV? | EW.com 2010
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Lesser cultural heroes -- prophets who foretold His mission, and apostles who spread the news of His first and second advents -- became His agents of enlightenment among the humans.
Stanley Knick, Ph.D.: Jesus and the Evolution of the Species Ph.D. Stanley Knick 2010
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I usually buy the cheap, candy advents that have nothing to do with Jesus just so the kids have a count down to Christmas.
How to Decorate The Lazy Elf Way Holly 2009
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Great advents, it's hard to find updated versions.
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These others are so great! makes me want to have multiple advents all over the house. craziness.
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Multiple trees, festive dishes, advents and so on, it's wonderful.
It's Beginning to Look a lot Like Christmas Holly 2007
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But with the advents of the telephone, television, and internet, less populated areas have the capacity to be just as informed as the people in more urban areas and can be swayed just as easily.
American Coastopia! 2004
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Added softness and luster have been recent advents in the manufacture of acrylic fibers and have greatly enhanced their use.
A Passion for Knitting Nancy J. Thomas 2002
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-- The two advents were signified by the two goats.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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Scripture, in the mouth of Jacob, ` And He shall be the desire of nations, 'meant symbolically His two advents, and that the nations would believe in Him; which facts you may now at length discern.
ANF01. The Apostolic Fathers with Justin Martyr and Irenaeus 1819-1893 2001
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