seminal
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The “divisive matter of race,” the authors write, “which the founding fathers had tried to sidestep, would emerge as the seminal issue during the next fifty years.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 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
"This study offers a seminal contribution to our understanding of aqueous solution thermodynamics," said co-author and Mechanical Engineering Department Head Dr. Guillermo Aguilar, who serves as the James and Ada Forsyth Professor.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
The city was the one-time home of Augustine, whose autobiographical "Confessions" is a seminal work within the Christian tradition.
From Barron's • Apr. 14, 2026
Considering the frequency with which they turn up at seminal events in eighteenth-century science, remarkably little is known about either man.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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