historic
Example Sentences
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He characterized the historic site as “rusting and rotting.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
I was filled with the same hope I had as a pre-teen watching Apollo 11 blast off for the historic moon landing.
From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026
Wiseman said the team realised the "gravity" of the historic mission, which will take them further from Earth than any other human has ever gone.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
The involvement of Amazon diversifies OpenAI’s hardware and cloud-computing resources from its historic relationship with Microsoft.
From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026
The historic transformation of music in the jazz age was enabling an equally historic, admittedly embryonic, social transformation.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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