earth-shattering
adjective
earth-shat·ter·ing
ˈərth-ˈsha-tə-riŋ 
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Last year, in an interview on CBS's 60 Minutes, Google CEO Sundar Pichai shared his view that AI is an earth-shattering technology that could be humanity’s greatest achievement.
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Eric Reicin, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
An earth-shattering, multibillion-dollar antitrust ruling against the National Association of Realtors late last year led to a settlement on Friday that will loosen the powerful trade group’s stranglehold on America’s housing market.
—David Goldman, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Taken on their own, today’s gaming announcements from Microsoft might not seem all that earth-shattering.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2024
Family members may die, friendships may change, careers are in flux and romances can feel earth-shattering.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
The tentative agreement with the U.S. investors is far less likely to draw fire from clubhouses and Congress than the earth-shattering decision to combine forces with the Saudis.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
Typically, the bottles of whiskey (or whisky, most of the time) that sell for millions at auction are single malt scotch, and the most recent earth-shattering sale was a bottle of The Macallan 1926.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
So far, the papers have proved less than earth-shattering, with plenty of details and names already common knowledge after years of interwoven legal battles.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
The center of gravity around which Expats—the new series from writer and director Lulu Wang, coming to Prime Video on January 26—orbits is an earth-shattering family tragedy.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
Eric Reicin, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
An earth-shattering, multibillion-dollar antitrust ruling against the National Association of Realtors late last year led to a settlement on Friday that will loosen the powerful trade group’s stranglehold on America’s housing market.
—David Goldman, CNN, 18 Mar. 2024
Taken on their own, today’s gaming announcements from Microsoft might not seem all that earth-shattering.
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 15 Feb. 2024
Family members may die, friendships may change, careers are in flux and romances can feel earth-shattering.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
The tentative agreement with the U.S. investors is far less likely to draw fire from clubhouses and Congress than the earth-shattering decision to combine forces with the Saudis.
—Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2024
Typically, the bottles of whiskey (or whisky, most of the time) that sell for millions at auction are single malt scotch, and the most recent earth-shattering sale was a bottle of The Macallan 1926.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 16 Jan. 2024
So far, the papers have proved less than earth-shattering, with plenty of details and names already common knowledge after years of interwoven legal battles.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
The center of gravity around which Expats—the new series from writer and director Lulu Wang, coming to Prime Video on January 26—orbits is an earth-shattering family tragedy.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2023
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