the course of history
noun phrase
: the way things happened or will happen
a discovery that could change the course of history
Examples of the course of history in a Sentence
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Of course, that amount of time has changed significantly over the course of history.
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Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Throughout the course of history, artist communities have gathered organically.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Over the course of history, Michigan has been home to hundreds of newspaper publications and today the Michigan Press Association stands more than 170 members strong, not including online-only and college publications.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
Instead, the men are highlighted in their full and colorful humanity as revolutionaries, fathers and husbands with extraordinary but differing visions that would change the course of history.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
Over the course of history, Michigan has been home to hundreds of newspaper publications and today the Michigan Press Association stands 170 members strong, including 68 online-only and college publications.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
These digital connections had real-world implications that changed the course of history.
—Jeffrey Edell, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2023
The sum effect is just as engaging — only rather than exciting faith in the individual’s ability to generate change, the course of history here shows individuality ground under by a seemingly all-powerful state.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 May 2023
Bones worries that this might change the course of history.
—Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
Daryl Austin, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2024
Throughout the course of history, artist communities have gathered organically.
—Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
Over the course of history, Michigan has been home to hundreds of newspaper publications and today the Michigan Press Association stands more than 170 members strong, not including online-only and college publications.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
Instead, the men are highlighted in their full and colorful humanity as revolutionaries, fathers and husbands with extraordinary but differing visions that would change the course of history.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 25 Jan. 2024
Over the course of history, Michigan has been home to hundreds of newspaper publications and today the Michigan Press Association stands 170 members strong, including 68 online-only and college publications.
—Detroit Free Press, 10 Jan. 2024
These digital connections had real-world implications that changed the course of history.
—Jeffrey Edell, Rolling Stone, 8 June 2023
The sum effect is just as engaging — only rather than exciting faith in the individual’s ability to generate change, the course of history here shows individuality ground under by a seemingly all-powerful state.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 May 2023
Bones worries that this might change the course of history.
—Jennifer Ouellette and Sean M. Carroll, Ars Technica, 24 Nov. 2023
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