sea change

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When betting on the artificial-intelligence trade outpaces gains in the world’s biggest digital currency by more than 200%, you know you’re witnessing a sea change in the global investment zeitgeist.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

Gillen said: "Anyone who has witnessed these trials will see now the sea change that has happened in the way that rape myths are dealt with."

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2026

It was a sea change as investors previously would have to guess the Fed’s posture toward interest rates by watching for changes in the Treasury bond market.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2026

“This is a sea change and people should wake up and realize we’re living in a new world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 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