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Recent Examples of epochal
The whip-smart, late-20th-century retelling of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew is one of the most epochal teen rom-coms.
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Chinese thought leaders conceived of the strategy in epochal terms.
—Alex Wang, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
In many ways, the 1963 Newport Folk Festival was a set-up for the March on Washington, the epochal Civil Rights demonstration that would take place just one month later.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
That carbon remains sequestered in the lower mantle for epochal lengths of time; some of it eventually erupts back into the atmosphere via volcanism.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Jan. 2026
Chinese thought leaders conceived of the strategy in epochal terms.
—Alex Wang, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
In many ways, the 1963 Newport Folk Festival was a set-up for the March on Washington, the epochal Civil Rights demonstration that would take place just one month later.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025
That carbon remains sequestered in the lower mantle for epochal lengths of time; some of it eventually erupts back into the atmosphere via volcanism.
—Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochal
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Last year, Oasis announced that their momentous 2025 comeback would be documented in a concert film called Oasis Live ’25.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
8 May 2026
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Thursday, April 30, was supposed to be a momentous day for Ben Collins and The Onion.—
Chris Murphy,
Vanity Fair,
30 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Its inaction was as earthshaking as action can be, especially because both the shah and his opponents were governed by their perceptions of what the U.S. did or did not want.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
5 Aug. 2025
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But don’t expect this debate to be as earthshaking or as game-changing as the Biden-Trump confrontation June 27 Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team.—
Michael Collins,
USA TODAY,
9 Sep. 2024
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Old newspaper clippings in the parlor chronicle that fateful day in November 1963 and the aftermath.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
6 May 2026
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Then the fateful cross-up in September.—
Levi Weaver,
New York Times,
6 May 2026
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Playing a child’s game and managing life-and-death Middle East politics share very little in common.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
4 May 2026
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Hysterical strength is when people exhibit superhuman abilities during life-and-death circumstances, and the most common example is when a mother lifts a car to rescue her child.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Apr. 2026
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Attenborough matters because, for generations of TV viewers, in scores of countries, he has been regarded as the person who best understands one crucial purpose of the medium—who has made the most fruitful use of what television, uniquely, can be for.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Arsenal are firmly in title-chasing mode and goal difference could still prove crucial, despite Manchester City slipping up against Everton on Monday.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
7 May 2026
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 13 May. 2026.
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