Sentence examples for launch that it from inspiring English sources

First, they might approve a drug too quickly, only to find out after its launch that it is dangerous or even deadly.

Although the high end of the market is almost entirely taken up with smartphone-specific operating systems such as iOS, Android and the BlackBerry OS, Samsung said at Thursday's launch that it will do its utmost to make Bada "one of the top mobile platforms in the industry".

The 3DS handheld, though, continues to sell well, despite dire predictions at its 2011 launch that it would fail to compete with gaming on mobile phones.

— Juno made a splash last year when it announced at launch that it would be building its service as  one especially friendly to drivers, specifically in response and in contrast to Uber, which was already picking up a bad reputation for its practices.

Continental European politicians and central bankers are understandably embarrassed, having bragged before the euro's launch that it would boost their economies and even knock the dollar off its pedestal.

BBC1 controller Danny Cohen warned at the programme's launch that it would not be an overnight "mega hit".

It was hailed as the greatest advance in astronomy since Galileo, until astronomers discovered shortly after its launching that it couldn't be focused because its mirror had been exquisitely polished to the wrong shape.

It occurred to me when YouTube launched that it would be possible to launch a television "network" on the Web, with almost zero start-up costs, by simply curating it.

"We've been active on Twitter and Facebook for about four years, but it was only when the e-commerce site launched that it became so important, because it's now all about driving traffic to our website.

The company said when it launched that it would offer a Mac version in 2005 and that hasn't happened.

"We planned a whole bunch of sea launches one after another, but we just learned so much from the launches that it informed our plans.