epoch-making
adjective
: causing an important change in history
The steam engine was an epoch-making development in the history of industry.
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In the decades since, history has been punctuated by epoch-making events: the Vietnam War, the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the start of the War on Terror.
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Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
Filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve leans into the costs of love and destiny — Zendaya’s epoch-making role of Chani carries the weight of her people, usurping Imperium forces, and intergalactic warfare.
—Essence, 28 Feb. 2024
In 1978, the epoch-making gay politician Harvey Milk was assassinated in his office at City Hall.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
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Simon Perry, People.com, 27 May 2025
Filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve leans into the costs of love and destiny — Zendaya’s epoch-making role of Chani carries the weight of her people, usurping Imperium forces, and intergalactic warfare.
—Essence, 28 Feb. 2024
In 1978, the epoch-making gay politician Harvey Milk was assassinated in his office at City Hall.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 3 July 2023
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“Epoch-making.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epoch-making. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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