WATERSHED in a Sentence

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1. The sergeant gave orders to turn to the left, towards the watershed of the Seine.
2. Darwin's theory of evolution was a watershed dividing the old way of thinking from the new.
3. With the strike, a historical watershed in the development of the trade union movement was reached.
4. The invention of the personal computer proved a historic watershed, for it opened the way to today's Information Age.

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 Meanings and Examples of WATERSHED
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watershed
 n.  crucial dividing point; ridge of high land dividing two areas that are drained by different river systems
Classic Sentence:
1  The sergeant gave orders to turn to the left, towards the watershed of the Seine.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER II—EXPLANATION
Example Sentence:
1  It's a bizarre concept that Alaskan volcanoes were screwing up the Nile watershed, causing the flow of one of the world's mightiest rivers to slow.
2  But the option described as "best" for conservation would have created a park 6,450-square kilometres that protected the watershed as well as grizzly and caribou population.
3  With the strike, a historical watershed in the development of the trade union movement was reached.
4  Darwin's theory of evolution was a watershed dividing the old way of thinking from the new.
5  The invention of the personal computer proved a historic watershed, for it opened the way to today's Information Age.