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seminal

[sem-uh-nl] / ˈsɛm ə nl /


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In 1998 she wrote the seminal essay on official Washington’s state of mind during Ken Starr’s investigation into Bill Clinton.

From Salon Jul. 21, 2026

The model shutdown marked a seminal moment for the AI industry, the first major instance of the government forcing a leading AI company to take down a model and potentially benefit that firm’s competitors.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 30, 2026

"Their listings could be seminal for the Indian markets in the way the marquee offerings of software companies became many decades ago," he adds.

From BBC Jun. 30, 2026

A co-author of a seminal research paper that kicked off the AI boom, Shazeer quit the company in 2021 to start his own company after Google refused to release a chatbot he developed.

From Barron's Jun. 26, 2026

These were always original and often influential, even seminal.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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