watershed
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The independent charity and healthcare think tank said this drop posed a significant economic cost and should be a "watershed moment".
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
In the late 90s and the 2000s, television programs still generated pop culture watershed moments that everyone experienced at once.
From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026
“As hundred-year comparators go, that’s apt. But fusion would be like fire” in its watershed effect on civilization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026
Anne Quinn Young, the chief mission officer of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, the country’s largest funder of myeloma research, calls the new IMS definition of the term cure “a watershed moment.”
From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026
The results of repeated spraying are clearly seen in other streams of the watershed, where alarming declines in the salmon populations are occurring.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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