Sample Sentences for
pivotal
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    Then, in the midst of this idyll, came the first of two pivotal setbacks.  (source)
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    Once uncovered again, she asked the pivotal question.  (source)
    pivotal = very important and influencing how things develop
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    A few days ago, when I was communing with the orrery, I was trying so hard to find the single pivotal moment that set my life on its path.  (source)
    pivotal = very important and influencing how things developed
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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)
    pivotal = very important
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    In the three months following Rogers's story, Jet, Ebony, Smithsonian, and various newspapers published articles about Henrietta, "one of the pivotal figures in the crusade against cancer."  (source)
    pivotal = very important and influencing how things developed
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    The ninth grade stands out as a pivotal time in my life.†  (source)
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    Millennia ago, she decreed that we would play pivotal roles in many battles.†  (source)
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    How did it make him feel to deliver all those copies of The Gravesend News-Letter, wherein Mr. Morrison's former role was described as "not only pivotal but principal"—and Owen Meany was showered with the kind of praise Mr. Morrison might have imagined for himself?†  (source)
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    This was the pivotal moment in the entire play, and it sets the tone for everything else that happens afterward.†  (source)
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    This distinction between something and nothing-this pivotal separation between being and nonbeing-is quite fundamental and underlies many Creation myths.†  (source)
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    The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Jackie just might be the pivotal factor in helping him get reelected in 1964.†  (source)
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    This was a big deal; a pivotal decision in the case.†  (source)
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    Long ago, he had played the pivotal role in Mal'akh's mortal life path.†  (source)
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