tectonic plates. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
What's more, many layers had been previously cracked by long-term tectonic movements in the area. From Wordnik.com. [U.S. News] Reference
It's funny you should say that, because I recently heard from John Dewey, who is a very important figure in tectonic plate theory. From Wordnik.com. [When the Earth Flexes Its Muscles] Reference
Our planet is made up of giant slabs of rocky material called tectonic plates that are constantly creeping along. From Wordnik.com. [Livescience.com] Reference
The name came from the idea of tectonic plates colliding, he says, which represents Tecktonik's different dance styles coming together. From Wordnik.com. [The Turf War Over a Dance Craze] Reference
And around these vents, which are underground, kind of tectonic-type activity, you get all kinds of creatures. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Mar 10, 2006] Reference
We can split hairs all day over whether the Reagan shift was "tectonic", but it was decidedly more dramatic than anything Clinton achieved. From Wordnik.com. [Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama: Reagan Changed Direction Of Country In Way Bill Clinton Didn't] Reference
The financial crisis has highlighted a "tectonic" economic shift from the U.S. to China. From Wordnik.com. [Daily Express Newspaper Online] Reference
The financial crisis has highlighted a "tectonic" economic shift from the U.S. to China, Soros said in October. From Wordnik.com. [BusinessWeek.com --] Reference
This shift is "tectonic" indeed: a sudden and wrenching legal change that seemed to produce significant consequences many years later. From Wordnik.com. [Reason Magazine - All Reason Articles from the Past Year: Page 1] Reference
The tectonic plates of geopolitics don't move that fast. From Wordnik.com. [‘Chimerica’ is Headed for Divorce] Reference
What is any man in the face of ineluctable tectonic force?. From Wordnik.com. [The Loneliest Hero] Reference
We consider this a tectonic event not a volcano-related event. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaiian Hotspot] Reference
I remain cool, but am conscious of a tectonic shift in the earth. From Wordnik.com. [My Life In Pools] Reference
New Zealand sits above an area where two tectonic plates collide. From Wordnik.com. [Massive Quake Rattles New Zealand Economy] Reference
When the tectonic plates shifted last month, Dole popped up in the middle. From Wordnik.com. [Dole's Virtual Presidency] Reference
Would you care for a side of julienned tectonic plates with your order, sir?. From Wordnik.com. [ArtScene: Top Shows in the West Kick Off the New Art Season] Reference
Salk's announcement sparked a tectonic shift in the way people thought and lived. From Wordnik.com. [The Savior Of Summer] Reference
A two tectonic plates collide, they buckle into the earth's crust forming a trench. From Wordnik.com. [Into The Challenger] Reference
We think of earthquakes occur only where two tectonic plates meet, as in California. From Wordnik.com. [Hawaiian Hotspot] Reference
New Zealand sits above an area of the Earth's crust where two tectonic plates collide. From Wordnik.com. [Two Injured in New Zealand Quake] Reference
That could now change, as part of a tectonic shift in America's sense of vulnerability. From Wordnik.com. ['We've Hit The Targets'] Reference
The report is a tour de force examination of the IT services industry and the tectonic changes ready to erupt. From Wordnik.com. [Cloud Computing Is No Y2K Bonanza for IT Consulting Industry] Reference
And yet, as forceful as shifting tectonic plates, the last of the Long Marchers changed the landscape of China. From Wordnik.com. [An Emigrant's Hopes For China] Reference
Miles beneath the streets, like a tectonic shift, the Watts rebellion had already taken place, not yet arrived. From Wordnik.com. [Creatures: A Memoir] Reference
This "East Side Story" held that prehumans arose after tectonic forces formed the Rift Valley 8 million years ago. From Wordnik.com. [All In The Family] Reference
This shift is tectonic, and it gets to the heart of issues that now fuel much of the political debate in Hong Kong. From Wordnik.com. [Reinventing Hong Kong] Reference
In the scant minutes this drama has played out and the bus pulls away, the tectonic plates of the earth have shifted. From Wordnik.com. [Molly Baker: The Bus: That Magic Buffer Between School and Home] Reference
These craters can provide clues to the history of Earth, where wind, water and tectonic shifts erode or erase impact craters. From Wordnik.com. [Moon's 'Turbulent Youth' Exposed In NASA LRO Imagery (PICTURES)] Reference
Fuguet and his conspirators think of it as rising from the tectonic shifts that have rearranged the atlas in the last 20 years. From Wordnik.com. [Is Magical Realism Dead?] Reference
We are speaking, after all, of a tectonic shift in the global economic structure that would mean a similar shift in political power. From Wordnik.com. [Globalization Revolution] Reference
Like many of the other shifts in the tectonic plates of collective consciousness these days, it has many layers and dimensions to it. From Wordnik.com. [Arjuna Ardagh: WikiLeaks and the Road to a More Honest America] Reference
(Since Mars doesn't have the kind of shifting tectonic plates we have on Earth, there's no way for the surface water to go back down.). From Wordnik.com. [Waterworld] Reference
This new strategic vision has meant a new set of priorities for Foreign Service officials, and a tectonic shift of power in Washington. From Wordnik.com. [Closing The Deal] Reference
"You've got the whole tectonic plate-shifts with China and India and the amount of money that exists on balance sheets is astonishing.". From Wordnik.com. [Deals Stage a Comeback] Reference
It was one of those historic moments that ignite a chain of fateful events: wars, economic tremors, tectonic shifts in global relations. From Wordnik.com. [The Editor's Desk] Reference
The EPR forms the boundary of the Pacific and Cocos tectonic plates, which are separating at a rate of more than four inches every year. From Wordnik.com. [Anuradha K. Herath: Life after Catastrophe] Reference
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