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pivotal

Definition for pivotal

adjective as in important

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Its focus is on the lasting ramifications of decisions made during the pivotal years of early adulthood.

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No decision this weekend will be more pivotal than the player pairings for Friday and Saturday’s four-ball and foursomes matchups.

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It proved to be the pivotal play in another Chargers defeat as Johnston finished the game without a single catch.

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His pivotal at-bat Tuesday initially appeared to be careening toward a similar conclusion.

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“You come here for a unique window into this pivotal calamitous moment that wiped out the dinosaurs and made the modern world as we know it,” Mr. Lacovara says.

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