breakthrough

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Forty years later, Kendrick Lamar borrowed Gadson’s intricate rhythm pattern for “Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst,” from the rapper’s 2012 breakthrough album, “Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

The breakthrough traces back to an unexpected moment during a neurobiology course at the Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts.

From Science Daily • Apr. 1, 2026

PrismML has achieved a mathematical breakthrough that achieves a 1-bit model without compromising the reasoning, coding, and general knowledge capabilities of full-precision models, according to Hassibi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Schwarzenegger told the event his first visit to Belfast in 1966 was a "breakthrough" moment for him because it was the first time he was invited to speak in public.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

I could tell she thought we were experiencing the kind of thing she would probably call a breakthrough.

From "The Thing About Jellyfish" by Ali Benjamin