Advent has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
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| 1. | Advent calendars are special calendars that mark the progress of Advent. | |
| 2. | Carriages gradually disappeared with the advent of the motorcar. | |
| 3. | The advent of indoor tanning salons now allows Canadians to sport a sun-kissed look all year round. | |
| 4. | Before the advent of video games children played cowboys and Indians. | |
| 5. | "ASCII quotes" are a substitute character for the “real” quotes that vary from language to language, and the advent of Unicode have rendered ASCII quotes obsolete. | |
| 6. | Today, Christianity celebrates the first Advent. | |
| 7. | In the coming years the textile industry will adapt to the advent of free trade. | |
| 8. | Before the advent of antibiotics, physicians had effective treatments for but a handful of diseases. | |
| 9. | Pottery usually appears in a culture after the advent of agriculture. | |
| 10. | The advent of the euro is the beacon for the new millennium. |