seminal
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Originally airing from 1998 to 2003, “Dawson’s Creek” was a seminal teen drama that followed four friends growing up in a small coastal town as they navigated their dreams, relationships and various coming-of-age milestones.
From Los Angeles Times
He says it was a seminal moment in his life and one that set the course for decades of his military career, as Germany joined the U.S. in its global war on terror.
CEO Andy Jassy said there are seminal opportunities in things like artificial intelligence, chips, robotics, and low earth orbit satellites, and they anticipate a strong long-term return on invested capital.
From Barron's
The seminal study of the phenomenon was published in the Journal of Finance in 1993.
From MarketWatch
He left behind a seminal 37-volume encyclopedia, the “Natural History,” and the surviving letters of his nephew paint a colorful portrait of a workaholic who rarely slept.
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