defining moment
noun
: the time that shows very clearly what something is really about
That was the campaign's defining moment.
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Wear it over jeans or a coat for a waist-defining moment; knotted over your shoulder as a capelet, or loose for undone elegance.
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Talia Abbas, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2026
Two of the others, Fer Lopez and Jhon Arias, are no long at Molineux, wing-backs Jackson Tchatchoua and David Moller Wolfe have not nailed down regular starting places and the sixth, striker Tolu Arokodare, was at the centre of the other defining moment of yesterday’s game.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Baltimore stands at a defining moment.
—Alvin C. Hathaway Sr, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2026
If City goes on to win a seventh title in nine years, its dramatic 2-1 victory against Liverpool will likely go down as the defining moment of the season.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Talia Abbas, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2026
Two of the others, Fer Lopez and Jhon Arias, are no long at Molineux, wing-backs Jackson Tchatchoua and David Moller Wolfe have not nailed down regular starting places and the sixth, striker Tolu Arokodare, was at the centre of the other defining moment of yesterday’s game.
—Steve Madeley, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
Baltimore stands at a defining moment.
—Alvin C. Hathaway Sr, Baltimore Sun, 22 Feb. 2026
If City goes on to win a seventh title in nine years, its dramatic 2-1 victory against Liverpool will likely go down as the defining moment of the season.
—ABC News, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Defining moment.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/defining%20moment. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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