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

The watershed verdict is the second time this week that the courts have rendered the companies liable for harm inflicted by their platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 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

The Chicago meeting was the watershed moment in the atomic bomb project.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik