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a first presentationin various senses, including:
- the first performance of a new play
- the introduction of a new product
- the introduction of a young woman to society at a social event held in her honor (a debutante ball)
- The band debuts a new song or two every month.
debuts = introduces (or presents for the first time)
- The new ballet that debuts next month at Covent Garden, is already sold out
- This young soprano debuts next month at the Metropolitan Opera
- they looked forward to the debut of their new product line
- She was to make her debut on the third of January, at a magnificent ball.Anne Bronte -- Agnes Grey
- I made my debut as singer and fortune-teller that night at Limraigh, with considerable success.Diana Gabaldon -- Outlander
- Jorge was very picky about making sure it looked exactly right before we debuted my new look.Gaby Rodriguez -- The Pregnancy Project
- The year before his debut they gave up 425 points; his first year they gave up 257 points.Michael Lewis -- The Blind Side
- Since we first debuted on NPR in spring 2005, we have been inundated with calls, letters, and e-mails from people wishing to participate in This I Believe in some way.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
- Portia and Cinna receive huge cheers, of course, they've been brilliant, had a dazzling debut.Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- I've heard it said that the week in which a young girl prepares for her debut as an apprentice geisha is like when a caterpillar turns into a butterfly.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- What did they say last night about my fiery debut at the Games?Suzanne Collins -- The Hunger Games
- After ten or fifteen minutes the two women agreed on a figure representing how much I'd earned since my debut.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- It's true that in the better geisha districts of Tokyo, such as Shimbashi and Akasaka, a girl must master the arts if she expects to make her debut.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Hatsumomo had certainly pushed her from the very day of her debut, so much that she'd begun to lose weight lately and hardly looked herself.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- This is exactly what happened to Hatsumomo in my eyes after she brought my debut to a standstill.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Let's agree, then, that you'll be ready to make your debut as soon as you've stopped a man in his tracks just by flicking your eyes at him.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- I was so eager to make my debut that even if Mameha had challenged me to make a tree fall by looking at it, I'm sure I would have tried.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- She was delaying my debut to give everyone time to take notice of me.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
- Her eyes never met mine for more than a flicker of an instant; probably she couldn't help thinking of the effect her debut was having on me.Arthur Golden -- Memoirs of a Geisha
debuts = is presented for the first time
debut = first presentation
debuted = first presented
debut = first performance
debuted = were presented (for the first time)
debut = first presentation
debut = first presentation
debut = first presentation
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