How to Use sea change in a Sentence

sea change

noun
  • And just look at the sea change from the start of this year.
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 19 Nov. 2023
  • The world of the Web has witnessed a sea change over the last three decades.
    Chintan Shah, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022
  • It’s been a sea change in the arts and culture sector of the city.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 June 2023
  • Since then, Quan said, it’s been a sea change in how he’s been perceived.
    Brooks Barnes Nicole Sperling Brooks Barnes Kyle Buchanan Kyle Buchanan Kalia Richardson Maya Salam Maya Salam Sarah Bahr Brooks Barnes Brooks Barnes Carlos Aguilar Brooks Barnes Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2023
  • CEOs bite back There has been a clear sea change in the debate about where people work.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2023
  • The Browns have enough of a sea change underway with Watson back at QB.
    cleveland, 4 Dec. 2022
  • But the sea change has started, and many workers are already back in the office.
    Bypaolo Confino, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • What Powell had seen was that this marked a sea change not only for the Queen, but for Britain itself.
    Tom McTague, The Atlantic, 8 Sep. 2022
  • These factors have led to a sea change in the funding of the old corporate pension plans.
    Jeff Sommer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • This could mark a sea change in how people speak on social media.
    WIRED, 14 Oct. 2022
  • This was a sea change from when the earlier smart streetlights were installed.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 July 2023
  • In addition to that, as Fran talked about, there has been a sea change in the business model in the industry.
    Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 July 2023
  • Especially, the stance within the 27-nation EU is a sea change that was achieved within a few ebbs and flows.
    Raf Casert, ajc, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Taffel, meanwhile, sees its embrace as part of a sea change regarding how men view their wardrobes.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 15 Dec. 2022
  • This data could have meant a sea change in transparency for consumers.
    Robin Fields, ProPublica, 28 June 2023
  • While the new process may represent a sea change in getting these people help, the scope of the program is limited.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Sep. 2023
  • But ahead of these sea changes is the flood of disinformation around elections.
    Mustafa Suleyman, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Over the past few years, however, there’s been a noticeable sea change—and on the red carpet, menswear has, well, loosened up.
    Liam Hess, Vogue, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Over the years, sea change has come to denote a profound transformation.
    John Shufeldt, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2022
  • In the 1980s, Koda said, more Japanese short-grain rice became available in the U.S. market, which may explain the sea change.
    Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
  • More remarkable is the sea change in 6lack’s perception.
    Clayton Purdom, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The success of Savage X Fenty comes at an apparent time of sea change in the lingerie market at large.
    Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 4 May 2022
  • But, in 2024, the sea change will come: not through new rules, but by old rules being applied aggressively to new problems.
    Susie Alegre, WIRED, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That moment in time was just the beginning, a harbinger for a sea change that has touched all aspects of work and is still being played out.
    WSJ, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The argument can be made that Ryan Mountcastle may have been the first arrival to signal the sea change in Baltimore.
    Jules Posner, Forbes, 11 Aug. 2022
  • In and of itself, the Ukrainian defeat Avdiivka does not herald a sea change in Kyiv’s fortunes.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The departures set up a potential sea change on Capitol Hill.
    Matthew Brown, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2022
  • This is a major sea change from the way professional asset managers have behaved over the last decade.
    Nina Trentmann, WSJ, 27 July 2022
  • This sounds like a logistical detail, but it’s actually the mark of a wider sea change.
    James Somers, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2023
  • The rising tide of pageants may simply reflect a sea change in standards of male attractiveness.
    Michael Callahan, Town & Country, 29 Apr. 2023

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