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Recent Examples of epochal
Pacino gives one of his greatest performances as desperate crook Sonny Wortzik in Lumet’s epochal New York crime drama, based on the bizarre true story of a 1972 bank robbery staged blocks from the movie’s Brooklyn location.
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
And yet, Rich comments how Hubble's epochal discovery was actually relatively recent.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Did that epochal conflict resonate in your home?
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
And in my view, this burgeoning momentum is a prelude to an epochal change that will fully gather speed with the coming of the new year.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
And yet, Rich comments how Hubble's epochal discovery was actually relatively recent.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Did that epochal conflict resonate in your home?
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
And in my view, this burgeoning momentum is a prelude to an epochal change that will fully gather speed with the coming of the new year.
—Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochal
Adjective
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Saturday Night Live is coming to the end of a rather momentous season, one which included its 50th anniversary that was as star-studded as anyone could have expected.—
Peter White,
Deadline,
7 May 2025
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Comments On the last day of filming his final Conjuring movie, Patrick Wilson didn't have some momentous cathartic moment.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
6 May 2025
Adjective
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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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This call, the last time the founders would address their company, was an earthshaking moment for a workplace whose leaders inspired so much loyalty that several employees shared matching tattoos with Olguin.—
Reis Thebault,
Washington Post,
19 July 2023
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But one fateful summer, I got called up to go up to Saratoga Race Course and work for a print publication called The Saratoga Special.—
Bennett Conlin,
Baltimore Sun,
16 May 2025
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But once the crew sets out on a fateful cattle drive to Montana, confronting the hazards (both elemental and human) of the still-wild West, the novel becomes a dizzying adventure, pulling more and more characters into its wide, braided narrative.—
The Atlantic,
The Atlantic,
15 May 2025
Adjective
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The life-and-death stakes series starred Zoe Cipres, The White Lotus‘s Kekoa Kekumano, Arielle Kebbel, Robbie Magasiva, Adam Demos and Alex Aiono.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
7 May 2025
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Leon Rose watched in the first round of the playoffs as his team played a life-and-death series with a young and inexperienced Pistons team, one that felt as if both teams had match points in every single game.—
Mike Lupica,
New York Daily News,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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Comments Traveling in a comfortable airport outfit is crucial, especially for long flights.—
Rylee Johnston,
Travel + Leisure,
10 May 2025
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These include India’s suspension of a crucial water-sharing treaty, the withdrawal of envoys, and visa restrictions.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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