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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The 2024 report titled The Future of European Competitiveness, written by Mario Draghi, the former president of the European Central Bank, proposed a paradigm shift in EU economic policy.
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Anu Bradford, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
The result was an upheaval in every aspect of business practices It might be called a paradigm shift in management, although probably no more than 20% of public firms have yet made the transition.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
But his research and that of others has caused a paradigm shift.
—Ariel Bleicher, Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
The Internet led to a paradigm shift which changed all of our lives.
—Steve Case, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
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Anu Bradford, Foreign Affairs, 21 Apr. 2025
The result was an upheaval in every aspect of business practices It might be called a paradigm shift in management, although probably no more than 20% of public firms have yet made the transition.
—Steve Denning, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
But his research and that of others has caused a paradigm shift.
—Ariel Bleicher, Quanta Magazine, 16 Apr. 2025
The Internet led to a paradigm shift which changed all of our lives.
—Steve Case, Time, 1 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for paradigm shift
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