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pivotal
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  • "You guys," Mae said, knowing she had to make this statement very clear, knowing this was a pivotal moment, for their own health and the overall health data—gathering system the Circle was trying to make possible.†   (source)
  • This distinction between something and nothing-this pivotal separation between being and nonbeing-is quite fundamental and underlies many Creation myths.†   (source)
  • Long ago, he had played the pivotal role in Mal'akh's mortal life path.†   (source)
  • This was the pivotal moment in the entire play, and it sets the tone for everything else that happens afterward.†   (source)
  • There were many other lessons, though none were quite so pivotal as the Alar.†   (source)
  • The ninth grade stands out as a pivotal time in my life.†   (source)
  • Millennia ago, she decreed that we would play pivotal roles in many battles.†   (source)
  • For the second time in Greg Mortenson's life, a gas station proved pivotal to his involvement with Islam.†   (source)
  • "When you think about it, he's been a pivotal point for every bad event that's happened: the theft of the kettle; the death of Archibald; the murder of the professor; the sham Council at Paralon.†   (source)
  • This was a big deal; a pivotal decision in the case.†   (source)
  • The New York Times headline mentioned the pivotal base running of Fidel Ruiz.†   (source)
  • I don't think either artist would have even known their work was involved; one of our people—a student of theirs or someone who had access—would have played the pivotal role.†   (source)
  • The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Jackie just might be the pivotal factor in helping him get reelected in 1964.†   (source)
  • Besides, no one compares with you as a specialist in the internal affairs of the People's Republic of China — I believe you played a pivotal role in the trade conferences between Washington and Peking.†   (source)
  • At last the night of the titanic battle arrived, and I settled by my radio to attend upon the pivotal point of the modern age.†   (source)
  • Instead, his innocent mistakes turned out to be pivotal and irreversible, his name became the stuff of tabloid headlines, and his bewildered family was left clutching the shards of a fierce and painful love.   (source)
  • For this reason, Peter had been chosen to play the pivotal role in Mal'akh's great transformation.†   (source)
  • This is a pivotal moment in your careers.†   (source)
  • I wave back and then close my eyes to take stock of my situation, because jumping off a cliff seems like a pivotal moment where a little stock-taking should be done.†   (source)
  • We are on the verge of a truly great period of illumination, and all of us—all of you—are profoundly blessed to be living through this pivotal moment of history.†   (source)
  • Legend holds that the verbum significatium is buried deep underground, where it waits patiently for a pivotal moment in history …. a moment when mankind can no longer survive without the truth, knowledge, and wisdom of the ages.†   (source)
  • That two great armies, at the most pivotal point in their histories, have descended upon High Bridge at the same time is one of those random acts of fate that so often decide a war.†   (source)
  • Again he had the feeling his concerns were warranted: this proved that lump on his back was very serious, the results of the operation more pivotal.†   (source)
  • There were pitiful leaps, hoarse curses, and several agonizing moments when Nigel's meager arms failed him at the pivotal instant.†   (source)
  • For it was none other than Mr. Sikes, the cruel and clever imp who had played such a pivotal role in Astaroth's rise to power.†   (source)
  • The famous entertainers attending the previous night's parties were promised prime seats for this pivotal moment in American history, but owing to the cold and a 100-proof celebration that stretched into the wee small hours, singer Frank Sinatra, actor Peter Lawford, and composer Leonard Bernstein—along with a host of others—opted to sleep late and watch the event on television.†   (source)
  • At the decisive Battle of Five Forks, General Phil Sheridan and 45,000 men capture a pivotal crossing, cutting off the main road to North Carolina, handing General George Pickett his second disastrous loss of the war—the first coming at Gettysburg, and the infamous ill-fated charge that bears his name.†   (source)
  • Not that Lin believed that his growing task force of intelligence gatherers was pivotal to policy decisions, he did not.†   (source)
  • He had come to the surface facing down the stream; in a moment the visible world seemed to wheel slowly round, himself the pivotal point, and he saw the bridge, the fort, the soldiers upon the bridge, the captain, the sergeant, the two privates, his executioners.†   (source)
  • The mate, Johansen, stood away several feet to the side of him, and fully three yards in front of him sat Wolf Larsen on one of the pivotal cabin chairs.†   (source)
  • To each hatchway there were double stairs descending right and left, with a pivotal arrangement at the top to allow the lower ends to be hitched to the ceiling; and, as these were now raised, the compartment had the appearance of a skylighted hall.†   (source)
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