1
: of or relating to an epoch
2
: uniquely or highly significant : momentous
during his three epochal years in the assembly—
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epochally
adverb
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Serra’s epochal sculpture incomparably performed the necessary condition of the anti-monument: The work’s location literally prohibited any form of communicative action.
—Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Such a decision would express a deplorably poor imagination of the role of political leadership at an epochal turn for our communities and our planet.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
For a country so historically averse to government debt, the speed and scope of these decisions demonstrate how deeply German officials believe that the change in Europe’s relationship with the United States is epochal.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
Pember’s journalism and advocacy, along with that of a growing number of writers and activists, both Native and not, are making clear the scope and impact of one major pillar of this epochal injustice.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Artforum, 1 June 2025
Such a decision would express a deplorably poor imagination of the role of political leadership at an epochal turn for our communities and our planet.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
For a country so historically averse to government debt, the speed and scope of these decisions demonstrate how deeply German officials believe that the change in Europe’s relationship with the United States is epochal.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
Pember’s journalism and advocacy, along with that of a growing number of writers and activists, both Native and not, are making clear the scope and impact of one major pillar of this epochal injustice.
—Charles Arrowsmith, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epochal. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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