watershed

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Anne Quinn Young, the chief mission officer of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, the country’s largest funder of myeloma research, calls the new IMS definition of the term cure “a watershed moment.”

From Slate • Mar. 29, 2026

That argument, and the jury’s acceptance of it, is a legal watershed.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026

I’ll leave you with a few more stats about the Dow’s watershed moment, courtesy of my colleagues at Dow Jones Market Data:

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

Those decisions could mark a watershed moment for a country where the government’s ability to deliver basic services has become so limited that private firms have taken over many basic civic functions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

And so it was that the weekend that was to have been a watershed in Dedd’s life turned into a trip down memory lane in a rented boat.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez