seminal

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“I was 12 years old and it was, to this day, one of the most seminal soap moments; it’s burned into me because I had never seen something so Gothic and terrifying happen,” Jackson said.

From New York Times

Since that seminal publication, it has been assumed that the European eel spawns in the Sargasso Sea.

From Salon

Some right-wing extremists view the raid as a seminal moment of government overreach.

From Reuters

Speaking to Taylor in February, Gerry Kelly described the meeting as a "seminal moment".

From BBC

This learned habit, George B. Schaller speculated in “The Serengeti Lion,” a seminal study of lion behavior, may have been the precursor to the culture of tree climbing among Lake Manyara’s lions.

From New York Times