How to Use seminal in a Sentence
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That’s the name of a seminal D.C. punk band that played its last live show in 2002.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2023
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The seminal chase scene veers through the mean streets of New York as hard-nosed Det.
—Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2023
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Fans can watch the men's final and seminal games on CBS.
—Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
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But of course, the seminal moment for Ed is losing Shane, his son, at the end of the first season.
—Sharareh Drury, Variety, 14 Jan. 2024
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Bansal is in a lot of ways a seminal example of an IVP founder.
—Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
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This year marks the 50th anniversary of the seminal Lau vs. Nichols Supreme Court case.
—Allison Briceño, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
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At the recent Dior and Moschino shows, the eyes echoed Gucci’s seminal sooty-eyed Fall 1995 show.
—Tia Williams, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Feb. 2023
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The film is based on the seminal Mexican novel of the same name by Juan Rulfo.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 10 May 2024
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The work completed over the 100 plus years while the studio has been active is seminal.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023
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Rarely seen but of seminal importance, Passing Through ranks near the top of the greatest jazz films.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
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Song like the charging, clever title track fit nicely to the band’s seminal recordings.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 31 Aug. 2023
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Gamers are more than eager to see a return to the pedigree of Telltale’s seminal performance in the 2010s.
—WIRED, 16 Sep. 2023
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Burton, 67, first found fame as Kunta Kinte in the seminal miniseries Roots.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
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An Emmy for his role in the seminal 1977 TV miniseries Roots followed.
—Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
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That seminal doll was outfitted in hoop earrings, a short fro, and a red bodysuit.
—André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 20 July 2023
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For the deep thinker This seminal book is a thought-provoking gift for any sci-fi fan or existential thinker.
—Angela Ledgerwood, wsj.com, 28 Oct. 2023
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The Golden State Transit decisions are seminal holdings in labor law, and the case cost the city millions.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 17 July 2023
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And where a surprising number of the game’s seminal figures and moments have their origin.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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Solace undoubtedly harkens back to the seminal recordings of Mark Hollis and Talk Talk, and the live recordings are sure to do the same (perhaps on an even grander scale).
—Spin Contributor, SPIN, 28 June 2023
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Teaming up with James proved to be a seminal moment in today’s NBA in terms how teams are shaped and how players try to control their career.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2023
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That’s the price the filmmaker is willing to pay to adapt Frank Herbert’s seminal text, especially right now.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 15 Feb. 2024
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The seminal British band has long been on the front lines of preserving what’s left of the rock scene, fragmented by streaming and buoyed by dad-rock nostalgia culture.
—Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
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The first is named after Paul Erdős and Alfréd Rényi, two prominent graph theorists who did seminal work on the model.
—Leila Sloman, Quanta Magazine, 24 July 2023
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But those few words hide layers of complexity, as a 2016 paper – now seen as seminal – showed.
—Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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News of the tour comes just days after Minaj dropped her fifth studio album and follow-up to her seminal debut, 2010’s Pink Friday.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
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The 50th Anniversary Collector’s Edition is a fitting insight and tribute to one of the most seminal bands in music.
—Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2023
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His seminal work, carried out over the past decade, concerns tracking clones in human cancers as tumors grow.
—Siddhartha Mukherjee, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2023
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Superman, of course, was the title of the seminal 1978 film starring Christopher Reeve and directed by Richard Donner.
—Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Feb. 2024
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Megan has the makings of what could be the seminal album that the rapper’s discography desperately needs, but is hindered by its length.
—Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 1 July 2024
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State and county elections staff work hard and are focused to protect the integrity of voter choice, and democracy is built on a seminal foundation of trust in this protocol.
—Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024
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