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game-changing

American  
[gaym-chaynj-ing] / ˈgeɪmˌtʃeɪndʒ ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. causing a dramatic change to a situation; transformative.


Example Sentences

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Axel Disasi coming in has been game-changing too, when I didn't think he would have that effect.

From BBC

"You could see this was something game-changing for Emperor penguins. Suddenly you're thinking, well, have we got time to save them?" he says.

From BBC

"It really is game-changing that their mental lives go beyond the here and now," said co-author Christopher Krupenye, a Johns Hopkins assistant professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences who studies how animals think.

From Science Daily

Said defensive coordinator Brett Paton: “Brenden was alway the guy who did extra, first in and last out. Made everyone around him a winner, held his teammates to a higher standard, really good leader. And always came up with the big play when we needed it. In the CIF championship game versus Vista Murrieta, he had the game-changing pick at safety.”

From Los Angeles Times

Eli Lilly’s stock soared 7% in premarket trading on Wednesday after the drug giant reported triple-digit growth of Zepbound and Mounjaro, its game-changing weight-loss and Type 2 diabetes drugs.

From MarketWatch