watershed

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Anne Quinn Young, the chief mission officer of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, the country’s largest funder of myeloma research, calls the new IMS definition of the term cure “a watershed moment.”

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

That argument, and the jury’s acceptance of it, is a legal watershed.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

The conflict marks a watershed for Israel in fighting a war as part of an alliance.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

That would be a watershed for the European Union, which even in increasingly protectionist times has steered clear of local-content rules.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Women, I know, sometimes have themselves shorn at those watershed moments of their lives, like discarding the memory of a man.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee