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sea change

NOUN
major change
Synonyms
WEAK
break with the past conversion marked transformation metamorphosis quantum jump quantum leap radical change revolutionary change sudden change total change transfiguration transformation upheaval

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This sea change was a long time coming.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

Towering Inference: The undisputed AI king is confronting a sea change in computing as “inference” emerges as a more significant demand center than training AI models.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The enthusiastic assessments of both men, which have been echoed by Trump, reflect the sea change in relations between Washington and Caracas since the capture of Maduro.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The result was “a sea change in the economics of the malpractice plaintiffs’ bar,” Rand found, with cases where the judgment cap would cut too deeply into attorney fees getting short shrift.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2026

By honoring both the invention of an essential instrument for large-scale research and the creation of a laboratory model to put it to use, the Nobel committee validated a sea change in science.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik