momentous
adjective
of great or far-reaching importance or consequence.
momentously
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a word derived from
momentous.
Example Sentences
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“They have taken the greatest trivia show ever made—evidenced by its decades’ worth of continued syndication—and altered its DNA in small yet momentously stupid ways,” Luke Winkie writes.
From Slate ● Jan. 24, 2024
In a decision that cheered gun-rights advocates, the Supreme Court momentously agreed with him, holding that bearing arms was an individual right.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2022
The year was defined by worker walkouts, strikes, and, momentously, the first North American video game union, Vodeo Workers United.
From The Verge ● Jan. 14, 2022
Over the course of an afternoon and an evening, Jones momentously reveals that the disquiet in memory is, on some level, universal and that we are all emigrants.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2018
Even more momentously, he agreed to come to Washington to testily personally against his old friend.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
