paradigm shift
noun
formal
: an important change that happens when the usual way of thinking about or doing something is replaced by a new and different way
This discovery will bring about a paradigm shift in our understanding of evolution.
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While national defense traditionally focused on protecting physical borders, today's security landscape demands a paradigm shift.
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Songyee Yoon, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Her path to this women’s-sports paradigm shift started in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Clark played multiple sports as a kid before focusing on her best one.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
In the late nineteen-nineties, the major paradigm shift that underpinned the dot-com boom was the rise of online commerce, which led to the creation of startups that issued stock on the Nasdaq, such as Amazon, eBay, Pets.com, and Webvan.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Thomas Kuhn, in his groundbreaking book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, described a paradigm shift in science as a new understanding of nature that:
Is a sufficiently unprecedented theory to attract an enduring group of adherents.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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Songyee Yoon, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
Her path to this women’s-sports paradigm shift started in West Des Moines, Iowa, where Clark played multiple sports as a kid before focusing on her best one.
—Sean Gregory, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
In the late nineteen-nineties, the major paradigm shift that underpinned the dot-com boom was the rise of online commerce, which led to the creation of startups that issued stock on the Nasdaq, such as Amazon, eBay, Pets.com, and Webvan.
—John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Thomas Kuhn, in his groundbreaking book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, described a paradigm shift in science as a new understanding of nature that:
Is a sufficiently unprecedented theory to attract an enduring group of adherents.
—William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
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“Paradigm shift.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paradigm%20shift. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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