earth-shattering
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There may not be some earth-shattering moment where AI either goes awry and causes chaos or suddenly solves the world’s most intractable problems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
For anyone who cares about video games as art and has bemoaned the ever-tightening corporate stranglehold over visual entertainment and its archives, Sony’s disc phaseout is an earth-shattering quake that’s not to be taken lightly.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
David Kring of the Lunar and Planetary Institute told AFP he is not expecting any earth-shattering discoveries because of the multiple lunar probes and high-resolution images of the Moon taken since the Apollo missions.
From Barron's ● Apr. 5, 2026
Analysts have estimated the US has purchased as much as $2bn worth of pesos so far - hardly an earth-shattering figure.
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2025
There was nothing earth-shattering or especially inspiring about it, but it was fun.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
