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historic

adjective as in momentous, remarkable

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In a post on X, Ecuador's interior minister John Reimberg, who said he was in Spain with police, said the capture of Chavarria was a "historic day" for his country.

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Key economic reports to be canceled, delayed and damaged by historic shutdown.

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The blast outside the historic fort was the first such explosion in the heavily guarded city since 2011.

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Towns with historic centres and narrow streets often don't have space for large outdoor bins for businesses to place their rubbish in either - so their bin bags hit the pavement.

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The move comes three years after Pope Francis issued a historic apology to Canada's First Nations for the church's role in the "genocide" and suppression of indigenous identity through the residential schools programme.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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