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Recent Examples of epochal
These going-through-the-motions trade talks are more likely than epochal realignments of frameworks governing exports and imports.
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The post-Trump world will present both an opportunity and an epochal challenge: the need to build a new American strategy that goes beyond merely reacting to Trump and also avoids reverting to decades of postwar policy thinking.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The newfound state of Hollywood as a willing participant in its own strict regulations was a great irony as well, one of epochal proportions.
—Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
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
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
The post-Trump world will present both an opportunity and an epochal challenge: the need to build a new American strategy that goes beyond merely reacting to Trump and also avoids reverting to decades of postwar policy thinking.
—Rebecca Lissner, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
The newfound state of Hollywood as a willing participant in its own strict regulations was a great irony as well, one of epochal proportions.
—Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochal
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Uecker would enjoy every single moment of this momentous Brewers season.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Bertha takes a risk, as she is known to do, by welcoming divorced women, and the momentous occasion becomes even grander when Mrs. Astor arrives, signaling that even the power players of old-money New York are willing to follow her as society moves forward.—
Zoe Papelis,
Vulture,
10 Aug. 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
Adjective
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Miller then threw the fateful fastball in almost the same spot as the previous one, just about two balls more toward Gurriel.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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In Episode 7, the two kiss, ultimately leading to that fateful vision where Wednesday saw him as the creature.—
Vincent Perella,
IndieWire,
6 Aug. 2025
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Details about what happened inside remain hazy – but Walker fatally stabbed Holly Hatcher before a life-and-death fight with her husband, who had visible wounds when deputies arrived and was wearing a large bandage on his forearm during a public appearance days later.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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In the process of turning what seemed routine into a life-and-death struggle, the entire flight team had created one of NASA’s finest moments that ranks with Neil Armstrong’s and Buzz Aldrin’s walks on the moon nine months earlier.—
Don Babwin,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
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Research from the Max Planck Society reveals a crucial difference between empathy and compassion.—
Sahar Andrade,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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This is a crucial time in terms of preparing for fantasy football domination.—
Jim Reineking,
USA Today,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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