seminal

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There were storyboards of the classic “1984” ad, color studies for Apple’s rainbow logo and drafts of the seminal memo laying out the company’s guiding principles.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

"This is nothing less than another seminal moment in global supply chain history," Jean-Martin Bauer, the director of WFP's food and nutrition analysis service, told reporters in Geneva.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Singapore is managed in a way that "excludes accident and randomness", he wrote in Singapore Songlines, his seminal essay on the city's rapid makeover.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

The seminal work by Glass lands at L.A.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

One’s answer, it turned out, depended a great deal on which founding moment, 1776 or 1787, seemed most seminal.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis