Examples of pivotal in a Sentence
She is at a pivotal point in her career.
the report was missing a pivotal piece of information
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Then came 2010, a pivotal year for Elissa and for Xu — in ways both good and bad.
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Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 May 2025
Michaels, 35, was playing a foot soldier in the White Walkers’ army of the dead during a climactic battle sequence in The Long Night, the pivotal third episode in Season 8.
—Jake Kanter, Deadline, 19 May 2025
Then came 2010, a pivotal year for Elissa and for Xu — in ways both good and bad.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA Today, 19 May 2025
And that’s why his phone call, expected to take place with Russian President Vladimir Putin later today, may be of such pivotal importance.
—Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 19 May 2025
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“Pivotal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pivotal. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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pivotal
adjective
piv·ot·al
ˈpiv-ət-ᵊl 
1
: of, relating to, or functioning as a pivot
2
: extremely important : critical
a pivotal discovery
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