seminal

Example Sentences

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He’s attended the conference many times over the years, presenting seminal papers and picking up awards for his research.

From The Wall Street Journal

Wall panels remind us of the Townshend Acts, the Tea Act and the Boston Massacre, all seminal events that led the Colonies to eventually break away from Britain.

From The Wall Street Journal

I know that “Hamlet” is such a seminal text in both your personal life and in your career.

From Los Angeles Times

Reiner’s seminal film “When Harry Met Sally” is full of them — beginnings and endings, false starts and full stops.

From Salon

They do discourage unnecessary treatments, as a seminal Rand Corp. study found in 1981.

From Los Angeles Times