: marked by usually sudden triumphant discovery
a eureka moment
eureka
3 of 3Greek verb
eu·re·ka
yu̇-ˈrē-kä 
: I have found (it)
—motto of California
Examples of eureka in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2022
Standing in the living room of a tiny Tempe apartment is kind of a weird place to have a eureka moment.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2021
In 2014, siblings Yasameen and Sheilla Sajady had a eureka moment at the family lunch table.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
The eureka moment for negotiators working to keep Sherwin-Williams’ headquarters in Cleveland came nearly two months ago, Mayor Frank Jackson disclosed this week.
—Robert Higgs, cleveland, 21 Feb. 2020
That eureka moment of mine with 5G in Providence came while using Verizon's network.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2020
Joan Smalls’s decorating eureka moment came at a fashionable dinner party.
—Marc Karimzadeh, ELLE Decor, 8 Aug. 2019
That juxtaposition sparked Eheart’s eureka moment: build communities where foster families and older adults live together, helping each other.
—Abigail Jones, Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2014
Driving between his properties in Zambia back in 2010, Green Safaris’ founder Vincent Kouwenhoven’s eureka moment came when switching off his Land Rover to watch a pack of lions.
—Lee Middleton, Quartz Africa, 14 June 2019
Adjective
Physicians describe not a eureka moment but a creeping realization, a longitudinal hunch.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2022
Standing in the living room of a tiny Tempe apartment is kind of a weird place to have a eureka moment.
—Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 24 Nov. 2021
In 2014, siblings Yasameen and Sheilla Sajady had a eureka moment at the family lunch table.
—Nicole Hvidsten, Star Tribune, 7 May 2021
The eureka moment for negotiators working to keep Sherwin-Williams’ headquarters in Cleveland came nearly two months ago, Mayor Frank Jackson disclosed this week.
—Robert Higgs, cleveland, 21 Feb. 2020
That eureka moment of mine with 5G in Providence came while using Verizon's network.
—Aaron Pressman, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2020
Joan Smalls’s decorating eureka moment came at a fashionable dinner party.
—Marc Karimzadeh, ELLE Decor, 8 Aug. 2019
That juxtaposition sparked Eheart’s eureka moment: build communities where foster families and older adults live together, helping each other.
—Abigail Jones, Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2014
Driving between his properties in Zambia back in 2010, Green Safaris’ founder Vincent Kouwenhoven’s eureka moment came when switching off his Land Rover to watch a pack of lions.
—Lee Middleton, Quartz Africa, 14 June 2019
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eureka
interjection
eu·re·ka
yu̇-ˈrē-kə
—used to express the thrill of discovery
Etymology
Interjection
from Greek heurēka "I have found it"
Geographical Definition
Eureka
geographical name
Eu·re·ka
yu̇-ˈrē-kə
city and port on Humboldt Bay in northwestern California population 27,191
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