as in major
having great meaning or lasting effect
earthshaking news—the President has been assassinated
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Recent Examples of earthshaking
Overall length is down 0.8 inch; that's as earthshaking as the differences get.
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Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 1 June 2023
Other nominees included Mary J. Blige, who gave an earthshaking performance during the main broadcast, PJ Morton, and Lucky Daye.
—Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
Like Swift, Stevenson wasn’t arguing for the actual feasibility of his idea; the paper was a thought experiment, an exercise to show the literally earthshaking scale of effort that would be needed to probe deep into the planet.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2014
Few people alive today can fully appreciate the earthshaking importance of Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2019
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Patrick Bedard, Car and Driver, 1 June 2023
Other nominees included Mary J. Blige, who gave an earthshaking performance during the main broadcast, PJ Morton, and Lucky Daye.
—Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2023
Like Swift, Stevenson wasn’t arguing for the actual feasibility of his idea; the paper was a thought experiment, an exercise to show the literally earthshaking scale of effort that would be needed to probe deep into the planet.
—Tim Folger, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2014
Few people alive today can fully appreciate the earthshaking importance of Alexander Fleming’s 1928 discovery of penicillin.
—Christian Millman, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for earthshaking
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The current mix of drought and ferocious winds have proved to be prime conditions for a major fire.—
Andrew Moseman,
The Atlantic,
15 Jan. 2025
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The bill is currently only meant to cover hotels, restaurants and private sites, but could eventually extend to goods and services, including reviews left on major international sites like Amazon.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
15 Jan. 2025
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Step 5: Let Pre-Compost Rest After fermenting for 2 weeks, food scraps may look the same, but their internal structure will have changed in important ways.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Jan. 2025
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And so the low-hanging fruit is to focus on those last few plays, which, yeah, are important.—
Jay King,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Experts say these incidents are rare and don't represent a significant threat to aviation safety.—
Zach Wichter,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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For the Los Angeles area, the recent string of wildfires represents a worst-case scenario — unusually powerful and prolonged Santa Ana winds struck after months without significant rain.—
Evan Bush,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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His only other playoff game was the historic collapse against the Jacksonville Jaguars in the 2022 wild-card round.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Barkley was on pace to beat Dickerson’s historic mark, but Eagles coach Nick Sirianni held him out of their Week 18 game against the woeful Giants.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
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The big moments feel prompted, like when Crane and Grylls argue about his fixation on the game online.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Where to Watch ‘The Brutalist’: The three-and-a-half-hour epic about a fictional Hungarian architect won big at the Golden Globes.—
The New York Times,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Earthshaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/earthshaking. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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