How to Use seminal in a Sentence

seminal

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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
  • 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
  • Fans can watch the men's final and seminal games on CBS.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And for its seminal 20th season, the show is out to prove it's still got a few tricks up its sleeve.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 9 Sep. 2022
  • 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
  • Bansal is in a lot of ways a seminal example of an IVP founder.
    — Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • This year marks the 50th anniversary of the seminal Lau vs. Nichols Supreme Court case.
    — Allison Briceño, The Mercury News, 20 June 2024
  • The two would join forces for Bat Out of Hell, the 1977 album would become both’s seminal work.
    — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The series, due to release in 2025, builds on the seminal franchise.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • The film is based on the seminal Mexican novel of the same name by Juan Rulfo.
    — Katcy Stephan, Variety, 10 May 2024
  • The work completed over the 100 plus years while the studio has been active is seminal.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Those seminal works brought baseball’s steroids era out of the shadows.
    — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The 2014 World Cup in Brazil had a chance to be Altidore’s seminal moment.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 31 July 2022
  • 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
  • Works by these two seminal Modernist painters are on view through Oct. 2.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2 Aug. 2022
  • From that seminal encounter, Martin hatched the idea for Vot-ER.
    — Kay Lazar, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Oct. 2022
  • And it’s about a seminal event in the 20th century, and one that resonates today.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Flea points to a seminal moment in the band’s pre-history.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Song like the charging, clever title track fit nicely to the band’s seminal recordings.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Gamers are more than eager to see a return to the pedigree of Telltale’s seminal performance in the 2010s.
    — WIRED, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The video starts off with information about the seminal ’80s band and their classic track.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 4 Aug. 2022
  • Burton, 67, first found fame as Kunta Kinte in the seminal miniseries Roots.
    — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 16 Feb. 2024
  • An Emmy for his role in the seminal 1977 TV miniseries Roots followed.
    — Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Getting the five Toledo Catholic schools to work together and joining the Catholic League seemed like a seminal moment for the schools.
    — Mick McCabe, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2022
  • The seminal country rock band was formed in Los Angeles in 1971.
    — Kristina Wood, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
  • That seminal doll was outfitted in hoop earrings, a short fro, and a red bodysuit.
    — André-Naquian Wheeler, Vogue, 20 July 2023
  • This is how one of the greatest figure skaters to ever put blade to ice prepares for the seminal moment of his career.
    — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Feb. 2022
  • McGill is also the author of Back Mechanic, the seminal how-to guide for men and women who want to live without back pain.
    — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 14 July 2022
  • Returning to Butler could be a seminal moment for them.
    — David Jackson, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2024

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