momentous
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“Kevin Warsh’s confirmation as the next Federal Reserve Chairman is a momentous step towards finally restoring accountability, competence, and confidence in Fed decision-making,” White House spokesman Kush Desai told Barron’s.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
“Choo Choo Revue,” the latest in a long line of song-and-dance productions, is arriving at a momentous time for the Bob Baker Marionette Theater.
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026
A friendly game against, er, whoever, or a momentous day for the Scottish national team and the chosen ones bound for the States - same difference.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
During a momentous power struggle in 2017, Sutskever and Brockman proposed giving Musk more than half of OpenAI’s equity.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026
Although Copernicus, Galileo and Newton were well aware that their ideas were momentous, and we can legitimately describe their work as revolutionary, they never explicitly said to themselves, ‘I am making a revolution.’
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
Vocabulary lists containing momentous
The SAT: Words to Capture Tone, List 3
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