watershed event

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An event that marks a turning point.

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  • The fall of the Berlin Wall was a watershed event in modern history.
  • The completion of this project was a watershed event in the company's history.
  • For the company, launching its first successful product was a watershed event that ensured its survival.
  • The invention of the internet proved to be a watershed event for global communication.
  • The discovery of penicillin is considered a watershed event in the history of medicine.
  • Many historians consider the fall of the Berlin Wall a watershed event in the 20th century.
  • Graduating from college was a watershed event in her personal and professional life.
  • This election could mark a watershed event for the future of the nation.
  • The election of the new leader proved to be a watershed event for the country's foreign policy.
  • Her decision to leave her hometown became a personal watershed event, changing the course of her life.
  • Historians now see that battle as a watershed event that determined the outcome of the war.
  • The discovery of penicillin was undoubtedly a watershed event in medical science.
  • The invention of the printing press was a watershed event for the spread of knowledge.
  • For the environmental movement, the signing of the Paris Agreement was a significant watershed event.
  • This legal ruling may become a watershed event for digital privacy rights.
  • We are currently witnessing a watershed event in how businesses operate remotely.
  • Do you think the pandemic will be viewed as a watershed event for remote work culture?
  • Without that watershed event, the reforms would never have taken place.
  • Looking back, that conversation was the watershed event that changed their entire relationship.
  • The company's merger was a watershed event, redefining its market position.