How to Use seismic shift in a Sentence

seismic shift

noun
  • Nowhere was that seismic shift more deeply felt than within the walls of our homes.
    — Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2025
  • Those two moves alone will make for a seismic shift around Payton.
    — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2026
  • But as is always the case in fashion, there was a seismic shift.
    — Ashley W. Simpson, Robb Report, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Africa’s youthful tide will most likely drive the next seismic shift.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
  • His endorsement though has yet to result in a seismic shift in the race.
    — Erin B. Logan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • But a seismic shift in how the platform is perceived has occurred.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 11 Oct. 2023
  • And with her, a seismic shift in power, purpose and presence.
    — Sara Connell, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Skoll’s departure isn’t the only seismic shift in the doc world.
    — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Over the past decade, a quiet but seismic shift has taken place in private markets.
    — Lewis Schiff, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
  • But in just the past few years, the field has undergone another seismic shift.
    — Ben Brubaker, Quanta Magazine, 3 June 2024
  • Still, many acknowledge the new rules could be a seismic shift for the industry.
    — Ethan Varian, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • But this seismic shift had yet to be reflected on television sets.
    — Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
  • That's a seismic shift in how realities are formed in real time.
    — Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
  • All of that took a backseat this week to a seismic shift in the Star Wars galaxy.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2023
  • That's prompted a seismic shift in where the company's consumer base lives.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 31 July 2025
  • Whatever sparked it, his insight triggered a seismic shift in physics.
    — Quanta Magazine, 8 Aug. 2025
  • That’s a seismic shift in the mentality.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
  • But there is a seismic shift happening as consumers can now go to a store in person or buy through e-commerce.
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Anthropic is part of the seismic shift that has developed that massive wave.
    — Jake Angelo, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Lusi’s been left wondering when that same seismic shift will occur in her native Britain.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 2 Jan. 2026
  • If Freeman is more than a name on a rumor list, the move would mark a seismic shift in college football.
    — Rowan Fisher-Shotton, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • This has happened in part because of a seismic shift in the role that traditional news outlets play in our lives.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024
  • Even a seismic shift in the manager’s office did not make a difference last season.
    — John Perrotto, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
  • Such a seismic shift would overwhelm large swaths of the existing grid without massive upgrades.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2025
  • That was such a seismic shift in the game, the song’s title became a verb that’s still used 20-something years later.
    — Angel Diaz, Billboard, 14 May 2024
  • In the wake of this seismic shift, women’s health has experienced profound and far-reaching changes.
    — Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 24 June 2024
  • This is already being attributed to a seismic shift in the industry.
    — Bankim Chandra, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Kanye West’s style regression feels like a seismic shift in the global streetwear industry.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 19 Dec. 2023
  • For frequent flyers, Delta's scores represent a seismic shift.
    — Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Statistics underscore this slow but seismic shift.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 3 Nov. 2025

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