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Recent Examples of epochal
Now, in an epochal recurrence that would have pleased George Mackay Brown, Structure 10 had been sealed up again.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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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Up the road from Paramount’s Melrose lot in Hollywood, Netflix brass also face momentous decisions about their future.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2026
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Looking back, 1996 was a momentous time for video games.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2026
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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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Almost 25 years after Bischoff’s fateful ND visit, coaches are still using Visio, even if Pro Quick Draw encourages newcomers to pick up PowerPoint, given it now offers many of the same tools and likely promises more staying power.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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His productivity against the team that chased him during the summer, before that fateful conversation with Arsenal, has been a highlight of a season of complex adaptation.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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Camera crews, beaming images live around the world, showed Honnold’s eye-popping athleticism and his calm, jovial demeanor amid a life-and-death scenario.—
Outside,
Outside,
23 Feb. 2026
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There is no sugarcoating the depth of disagreement between public health and MAHA over some life-and-death interventions such as vaccines.—
Tom W. Johnson,
STAT,
26 Jan. 2026
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Often dwarfed by architecture, their distinctive bodies in space are more important than the sparse dialogue that only serves to fill in crucial gaps in storytelling.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
26 Feb. 2026
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Availability will be just as crucial, of course, and Weathers’ spring debut is merely the beginning of a grueling marathon.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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