seminal
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A TV adaptation of Jonathan Franzen’s seminal 2001 novel, “The Corrections,” has finally found a home at Netflix.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
As Mr. McGurn observes, it’s ironic that Pope Leo, previously an Augustinian friar, disregards the seminal work on just-war philosophy by his order’s namesake.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 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
The Britpop era was "a seminal movement", he reflects.
From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026
Du Bois included in his seminal work, The Souls of Black Folk, a brilliant but haunting short story.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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