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Recent Examples of epochal
This movie was meant to be DC’s epochal Avengers-like moment.
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Mark Blyth, a political economist at Brown University, sees the economy heading for an epochal change, though a dominant economic order has yet to fully take shape.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 6 July 2025
What’s arguably even more remarkable is that unless something changes very soon, the humans making that epochal discovery might not be NASA and the American space scientists who power it.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
Jessica Winter, staff writer covering family: Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is not epochal, Dobbs-level bad in terms of its impact on reproductive rights.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
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Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Mark Blyth, a political economist at Brown University, sees the economy heading for an epochal change, though a dominant economic order has yet to fully take shape.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 6 July 2025
What’s arguably even more remarkable is that unless something changes very soon, the humans making that epochal discovery might not be NASA and the American space scientists who power it.
—Adam Frank, The Atlantic, 4 July 2025
Jessica Winter, staff writer covering family: Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic is not epochal, Dobbs-level bad in terms of its impact on reproductive rights.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 3 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochal
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Bad Bunny is headlining Super Bowl LX Halftime Show next year and is sharing his thoughts on the momentous event.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
29 Sep. 2025
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Here’s what to know about the momentous achievement in marine biology.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
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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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In this scene, the Italian leaves Knox’s lips far easier than those fateful days in the police station, and in the midst of a tense life, the show turns wistfully romantic one last time.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Reeling from its aftermath, his mother, Hanan, shares the story that led them to that fateful moment.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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Few people have mined as much entertainment from the contrast between high stakes and low morals — from how the life-and-death concerns of a big heist or an elaborate conspiracy might ultimately just reinforce the sense that nothing matters, and nobody gets out alive.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
30 Sep. 2025
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But when a snitch blows the whistle on an upcoming shipment, José Antonio’s ultimate life-and-death battle for power ensues.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
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The specific demands of the Singapore Grand Prix, one of the hottest and most physically gruelling races on the F1 calendar, made the grid’s preparations in the past week or so that bit more crucial, with a ‘heat hazard’ now declared for the race.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Utility executives and analysts have said clean energy projects are crucial to help power new data centers and factories, because they can be built quickly and produce electricity that is relatively cheap.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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