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- noun Any of a
series ofSoviet unmanned space satellites , especially the first one in 1957.
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Examples
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"militarization of space" then you might have as well called sputnik militarization of space.
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When CNN’s Jeff Greenfield assured the crowd, “I haven’t planted a skutnik here,” I stopped him: I had heard of a sputnik, the Russian word for the first Soviet satellite, but what was a skutnik?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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When CNN’s Jeff Greenfield assured the crowd, “I haven’t planted a skutnik here,” I stopped him: I had heard of a sputnik, the Russian word for the first Soviet satellite, but what was a skutnik?
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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Someone discovered that the code word was "sputnik" and when applied to each line gives us the decode.
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"sputnik" "If Akshay removes his wig" "Hello! this is Akki's REAL hair … get ur fats right before commenting ..."
NAACHGAANA 2010
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And yes, I highly recommend it and think it's well worth your time and money and that you will find a lot of stuff to chuckle over, sputnik jokes aside.
Robot reviews: Humbug | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment 2009
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To quote my sadly anonymous podcaster: "the future is not something to be afraid of; it is after all a sputnik moment."
Jason Derr: Seeing The Future In 3-D: Incarnation And The Sputnik Moment Jason Derr 2011
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The sputnik moment is a moment of incarnation and intention.
Jason Derr: Seeing The Future In 3-D: Incarnation And The Sputnik Moment Jason Derr 2011
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He declared this to be the nation's sputnik moment.
David Coates: Fact and Fiction in the "State of the Union" Debate David Coates 2011
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He declared this to be the nation's sputnik moment.
David Coates: Fact and Fiction in the "State of the Union" Debate David Coates 2011
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