the course of history
noun phrase
: the way things happened or will happen
a discovery that could change the course of history
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The findings also show how quickly selective breeding can shape an entire species, with a few genetic changes altering the course of history.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Part of the problem in learning about this stretch of prehistory is how ancient layers of dirt were deposited over the course of history in eastern Africa.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
Eighty-one years ago today, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg walked into Adolf Hitler's Wolf's Lair bunker with a briefcase containing enough explosives to change the course of history.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The price of paradise Through the lens of her personal experience, Goo traces how the introduction of private land ownership and colonization by Europeans changed the course of history for Hawaiians.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 18 July 2025
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 31 Aug. 2025
Part of the problem in learning about this stretch of prehistory is how ancient layers of dirt were deposited over the course of history in eastern Africa.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2025
Eighty-one years ago today, Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg walked into Adolf Hitler's Wolf's Lair bunker with a briefcase containing enough explosives to change the course of history.
—Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
The price of paradise Through the lens of her personal experience, Goo traces how the introduction of private land ownership and colonization by Europeans changed the course of history for Hawaiians.
—Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 18 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for the course of history
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“The course of history.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20course%20of%20history. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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