watershed
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The Netherlands in 1899 hosted a watershed conference, on Laws and Customs of War on Land, that laid the foundation for modern laws of war.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
"It absolutely felt like a watershed moment," she says.
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026
Snowfall in the Gila River watershed was exceptionally scarce, leaving mountain snowpack at just 2 percent of the 1991-2020 March median.
From Science Daily • Jun. 18, 2026
“Overall, SpaceX going public is an important watershed moment for the broader tech sector in our view as this AI Revolution and data takes this next step forward,” Ives said.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 14, 2026
Women, I know, sometimes have themselves shorn at those watershed moments of their lives, like discarding the memory of a man.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
Vocabulary lists containing watershed
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