tectonic

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Consumers are still in the midst of a tectonic shift in viewing habits, which has left things extremely fragmented in terms of product choice and pricing.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

We didn’t see boards think about Bitcoin, the move to Web3, or many of these other tectonic shifts.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

As the tectonic plates shifted, the crust in this region was pulled apart and fractured, opening progressively from east to west, much like a zipper being undone.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

“It’s going to be a glacial, tectonic thing but it will be a thing,” said Anders Schelde, chief investment officer of the Danish pension fund AkademikerPension.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

But the detonation creates some tectonic shift in the building’s rubble, and there is a snap followed by multiple cascades in the darkness.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr