How to Use paradigm shift in a Sentence

paradigm shift

noun
  • But his research and that of others has caused a paradigm shift.
    Ariel Bleicher, Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
  • TikTok is just a small piece of the paradigm shift in how news is read and shared.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The Internet led to a paradigm shift which changed all of our lives.
    Steve Case, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
  • One win, that is, and a paradigm shift as massive as Mount Rainier.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The paradigm shift is seeping from medicine into the wider culture.
    Betsy Andrews, Saveur, 14 Feb. 2024
  • These findings reveal nothing short of a paradigm shift.
    Christer Holloman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Is this the foundation, or is there another paradigm shift to come?
    Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 May 2026
  • Now, a paradigm shift is underway.
    Mohan Koo, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
  • That paradigm shift has played out more notably than ever at this year’s Ventana Sur.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Across the country, the Marlins could be ushering in their own paradigm shift.
    Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The results are mixed—reflecting the paradigm shift of the larger culture.
    Mark C. Perna, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • But in general the fire service as a whole is starting to realize that there is a paradigm shift going on.
    Dan Morse, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2023
  • Only a paradigm shift can disrupt this careless march toward defeat.
    Michael Miklaucic, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Web3 has emerged as a major paradigm shift in how business is conducted online.
    Ruadhan O, Forbes, 21 Apr. 2023
  • This is a complete paradigm shift in the bio-hacking and direct selling industry.
    Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 29 May 2024
  • Moreover, as the recent paradigm shift shows, changes to electoral coalitions can be fast and unpredictable.
    Marc Novicoff, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
  • But the true paradigm shift is found in the magnitude and complexity of its new propulsion system.
    Katia Damborsky, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024
  • But the potential benefits of that paradigm shift are profound.
    Shi En Kim, AZCentral.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Cannabis culture is in a paradigm shift, with cannabis hospitality holding the keys.
    Philip Wolf, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
  • The kids are all on their screens now — an invasion of tech the movie portrays as having caused a paradigm shift in child relationships.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 June 2026
  • This demands a complete paradigm shift in front-end architecture.
    Durga Krishnamoorthy, Forbes.com, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Today, the political landscape is fertile ground for such a paradigm shift.
    Katica Roy, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Not everyone is happy about the paradigm shift from e-commerce to agentic commerce (a-commerce).
    David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Smart cities have long been envisioned to be one of the many technological adoptions that have brought a paradigm shift in how people live.
    Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 1 July 2025
  • Perhaps one of the best creations to come from this paradigm shift is Bo Burnham’s Inside.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 June 2023
  • The ugliness is owed in part to a paradigm shift among GOP lawmakers.
    Carl Hulse and Catie Edmondson, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Also, the new guidelines reflect an important paradigm shift in defining a healthy diet.
    Michael I Goran, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Mark Kelly The boat, the train and the paradigm shift were all missed by Apple, according to the wiseacres.
    Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 6 June 2023
  • When CDs were launched, music listeners could tell there was a paradigm shift happening.
    Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2023
  • This work represents a paradigm shift of thinking of the dressing assistance task from one-robot-to-one-arm to two-robot-to-one-arm.
    IEEE Spectrum, 16 Feb. 2024

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