earthshaking
adjective
earth·shak·ing
ˈərth-ˌshā-kiŋ 
: of great importance : momentous
an earthshaking announcement
earthshakingly
adverb
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Examples of earthshaking in a Sentence
earthshaking news—the President has been assassinated
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Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
Had Asian demand kept to its historic trend, there would have been no massive glut and probably no earthshaking price collapse.
—Michael Levi, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
This call, the last time the founders would address their company, was an earthshaking moment for a workplace whose leaders inspired so much loyalty that several employees shared matching tattoos with Olguin.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
It also should be said that the $85 million value of the missing parts matches the price to procure one F-35A fighter—obviously an important sum, but not an earthshaking loss.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
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Michael Collins, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2024
Had Asian demand kept to its historic trend, there would have been no massive glut and probably no earthshaking price collapse.
—Michael Levi, Foreign Affairs, 16 June 2015
This call, the last time the founders would address their company, was an earthshaking moment for a workplace whose leaders inspired so much loyalty that several employees shared matching tattoos with Olguin.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 19 July 2023
It also should be said that the $85 million value of the missing parts matches the price to procure one F-35A fighter—obviously an important sum, but not an earthshaking loss.
—Sébastien Roblin, Popular Mechanics, 8 June 2023
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“Earthshaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/earthshaking. Accessed 1 Oct. 2024.
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