Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of great significance or consequence.
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- adjective
Momentous ; of greatimport ; of greatsignificance ,importance orconsequence .
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- adjective sufficiently significant to affect the whole world
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Examples
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This is not as world-shaking as it seems if you give philosophers some credit.
Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010
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Harry Potter publisher Barry Cunningham proudly declared that he had found the next world-shaking smash when he signed up authorsRoderick Gordon and Brian Williams and published their book The Highfield Mole, renaming itTunnels.
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NEW YORK—Despite some world-shaking events this year, currency investors are shrugging off the risk of future exchange-rate swings, prompting skeptics to warn that the market is getting too complacent.
Currency Investors: What, Me Worry? Neil Shah 2011
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This is not as world-shaking as it seems if you give philosophers some credit.
Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010
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This is not as world-shaking as it seems if you give philosophers some credit.
Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010
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In like manner to the tear-filled celebration that spread across America and the world when President Barack Obama was inaugurated, Oprah's success albeit less world-shaking signals yet another crack in the foundation of institutionalized racism in America.
Mike Green: Oprah Winfrey Breaks Through Another Barrier Mike Green 2011
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What makes Hemingway so relevant today is how he merged great literary works with personal heroism in world-shaking events, including World War I, the Spanish civil war and World War II.
Brent Budowsky: Hemingway at War, America in Crisis Brent Budowsky 2011
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What makes Hemingway so relevant today is how he merged great literary works with personal heroism in world-shaking events, including World War I, the Spanish civil war and World War II.
Brent Budowsky: Hemingway at War, America in Crisis Brent Budowsky 2011
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In like manner to the tear-filled celebration that spread across America and the world when President Barack Obama was inaugurated, Oprah's success albeit less world-shaking signals yet another crack in the foundation of institutionalized racism in America.
Mike Green: Oprah Winfrey Breaks Through Another Barrier Mike Green 2011
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This is not as world-shaking as it seems if you give philosophers some credit.
Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010
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