crash course
Americannoun
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During her first year as CFO, Bill’s Rohini Jain received a crash course on the hard choices facing many software companies in the AI age.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Play is the primary side dish at “7 Paintings,” a tech-infused dinner theater that aims to be a crash course in fine art.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
This short, acrid, somewhat heavy-handed work depicts Valentin’s crash course in political cynicism.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
For outsiders, Musk v Altman offered a crash course in how power is wielded in Silicon Valley.
From BBC ● May 15, 2026
Gail would have triumphed at Jerry’s, I’m sure, but for me it’s a crash course in exhaustion management.
From "Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America" by Barbara Ehrenreich
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