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[sem-uh-nl] / ˈsɛm ə nl /


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George Russell's admission after qualifying that he has been struggling to maximise the Mercedes car all season felt like a seminal moment in the championship fight.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

That’s the implication of a seminal study, entitled “Bubbles for Fama,” which challenges University of Chicago professor Eugene Fama’s famous claim that bubbles cannot be identified in advance.

From MarketWatch • May 18, 2026

There was testimony from the world’s richest man and his fiercest rivals, corporate secrets, candid emails, unforgettable texts and seminal documents that show what really happened over the past decade.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

The academic bookshelf groans with the weight of studies of the phenomenon, but the seminal analysis of the topic remains a 1997 paper by economist Severin Borenstein of UC Berkeley and his colleagues.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

This distinction also marks a seminal transition in the story of the gene.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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