Xanadu
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Xanadu
S.T. Coleridge's modification, in the poem “Kubla Khan” (1797), of Xandu (17th-century spelling), modern Shangdu ( Pinyin: shàng dū), the site of Kublai Khan's summer residence in SE Mongolia
Example Sentences
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Xanadu’s machines will be able to function at room temperature, eliminating the need for the bulky refrigerators needed to cool the components of most computers to absolute zero.
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Friday’s move represented an 18% jump from the stock’s previous closing price, after Xanadu went public through a business combination with a publicly traded blank check company.
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Xanadu initially received support from the university’s Creative Destruction Lab, followed by early seed funding from a group of Canadian venture firms.
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Of course, Weedbrook and the rest of the Xanadu team couldn’t anticipate the present-day market conditions.
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The previous session’s gains were erased Monday as Xanadu sank nearly 32% to $7.83.
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