historic watershed
Frequency: 7.815.1 per million words
Refers to a turning point of great historical significance.
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- The signing of the peace treaty was a historic watershed in the region's diplomacy.
- Many historians consider the invention of the printing press to be a historic watershed.
- The 1964 Civil Rights Act represented a historic watershed for equality in America.
- This discovery marks a historic watershed in our understanding of the universe.
- The election result proved to be a historic watershed for the country's economic policy.
- We are currently living through what future generations will call a historic watershed.
- The fall of the Berlin Wall was a historic watershed that changed the global political landscape.
- Scholars argue about whether the industrial revolution was the only historic watershed of its kind.
- Reaching this agreement is a historic watershed in the fight against climate change.
- The move toward digital currencies represents a historic watershed for global finance.