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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of great significance or consequence.

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  • adjective Momentous; of great import; of great significance, importance or consequence.

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  • adjective sufficiently significant to affect the whole world

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Examples

  • This is not as world-shaking as it seems if you give philosophers some credit.

    Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010

  • Harry Potter publisher Barry Cunningham proudly declared that he had found the next world-shaking smash when he signed up authorsRoderick Gordon and Brian Williams and published their book The Highfield Mole, renaming itTunnels.

    Splice Director Vincenzo Natali Digs Tunnels | /Film 2010

  • NEW YORK—Despite some world-shaking events this year, currency investors are shrugging off the risk of future exchange-rate swings, prompting skeptics to warn that the market is getting too complacent.

    Currency Investors: What, Me Worry? Neil Shah 2011

  • This is not as world-shaking as it seems if you give philosophers some credit.

    Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010

  • This is not as world-shaking as it seems if you give philosophers some credit.

    Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010

  • In like manner to the tear-filled celebration that spread across America and the world when President Barack Obama was inaugurated, Oprah's success albeit less world-shaking signals yet another crack in the foundation of institutionalized racism in America.

    Mike Green: Oprah Winfrey Breaks Through Another Barrier Mike Green 2011

  • What makes Hemingway so relevant today is how he merged great literary works with personal heroism in world-shaking events, including World War I, the Spanish civil war and World War II.

    Brent Budowsky: Hemingway at War, America in Crisis Brent Budowsky 2011

  • What makes Hemingway so relevant today is how he merged great literary works with personal heroism in world-shaking events, including World War I, the Spanish civil war and World War II.

    Brent Budowsky: Hemingway at War, America in Crisis Brent Budowsky 2011

  • In like manner to the tear-filled celebration that spread across America and the world when President Barack Obama was inaugurated, Oprah's success albeit less world-shaking signals yet another crack in the foundation of institutionalized racism in America.

    Mike Green: Oprah Winfrey Breaks Through Another Barrier Mike Green 2011

  • This is not as world-shaking as it seems if you give philosophers some credit.

    Victor Stenger: The Grand Accident Victor Stenger 2010

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