as in milestone
a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs
a watershed moment in her life came when she inherited a reasonable sum of money and was able to start her own coffee shop
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Recent Examples of watershed
Eyal Harel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Sheehan, chief of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's environmental coordination division, asked the Corps to initiate a watershed reconnaissance study of the Ouachita River Basin.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025
Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Watershed management planning studies focus on the development, use and preservation of land and water resources within a specific watershed, like the Ouachita River watershed.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Breakthrough technologies—such as real-time watershed monitoring or nutrient and plastic pollution control, to name a few—barely register with investors.
—Eyal Harel, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Jennifer Sheehan, chief of Arkansas Game and Fish Commission's environmental coordination division, asked the Corps to initiate a watershed reconnaissance study of the Ouachita River Basin.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
The watershed-wide program celebrates, protects and restores the health of the Fox River, district officials said in a press release.
—Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Watershed management planning studies focus on the development, use and preservation of land and water resources within a specific watershed, like the Ouachita River watershed.
—Arkansas Online, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for watershed
Noun
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An international crew will touch down using SpaceX's Starship lander no earlier than 2027, assuming technical and training milestones are reached.—
Elizabeth Howell,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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American ’70s cinema was such an important milestone in cinematic history.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While both teams chase Kansas City in the loaded AFC, Buffalo’s win could prove pivotal come January.—
Zak Keefer,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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With the actress as the first spokesperson, the program will give women equitable access to menopause support and resources in hopes of ending the stigma surrounding the pivotal stage of life.—
Vanessa Etienne,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As Bouchra begins to make a film of the mother-daughter relationship, the film builds to a tender climax.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Some sequences feel hurried, some satirical dialogue is a little too on the nose and a special effect around the climax lacks the polish of the production design elsewhere.—
Leila Latif,
IndieWire,
5 Sep. 2025
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Mizzou students and fans treated Saturday’s game as a landmark event, selling out the stadium and tailgating hours before the gates opened.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
7 Sep. 2025
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Opening to the public on October 25, the new Fondation Cartier Pour L’Art Contemporain in Paris, like its predecessor, has been designed by Jean Nouvel, the architect of such modern landmarks as the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris and the National Museum of Qatar in Doha.—
Dana Thomas,
Architectural Digest,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As in the 1970s, the political climate has undergone an epochal shift since 2020.—
Payton McCarty-Simas,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Aug. 2025
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But China in 2025 is suffering the consequences of a Xi era that’s talked a great game of epochal change but achieved little.—
William Pesek,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Each episode will offer unprecedented access into the step-by-step process of solving a murder case, from the first clue to the decisive moment that changes everything.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Your Team The human element of AI deployment is frequently underestimated yet often proves decisive in achieving sustainable success.—
Dimitar Dimitrov,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Not wrong for much of the last three decades — but Saturday night’s gig, and all the joyous revelry surrounding it, showed why the Live ’25 Tour has been payoff enough for none of them to look back in anger at any of it.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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At the beginning of 2020, Beyoncé shared new photos and footage of her children in a video that recapped the family's momentous 2019 year.—
Janine Henni,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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The trio can frequently be seen together on social media, spending holidays together, vacationing and celebrating momentous occasions including her 2022 middle school graduation.—
Kimberlee Speakman,
People.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Watershed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/watershed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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