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Recent Examples of epochal
And yet, Rich comments how Hubble's epochal discovery was actually relatively recent.
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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
Lana arrives just in time to tie a bow around the music year, just like her epochal blockbuster SOS did two Decembers ago.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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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
Lana arrives just in time to tie a bow around the music year, just like her epochal blockbuster SOS did two Decembers ago.
—Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochal
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The video was shot in the city on Tuesday following a momentous meet-up in the park that was shut down by the NYPD.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2025
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Just in time for the momentous occasion, adidas Football is getting in on the action.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
23 Apr. 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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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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Today, Jessica’s memory remains alive at the park where she was supposed to meet her friends that fateful day.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
3 May 2025
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Needless to say, the witch schemes to reach Snow first, fateful apple in hand.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
2 May 2025
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Hamm will play Fred Heckman, a beloved radio reporter who finds himself in the middle of a life-and-death situation when a man named Tony Kiritsis takes a hostage and then demands airtime on Heckman’s show.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2025
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Its real subject, however, is how people respond when they’re faced with life-and-death choices in desperate situations—something even more relevant two decades later.—
Heather Hansman,
The Atlantic,
22 Apr. 2025
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That project, along with the Westbound Bypass, will improve train movements, but having one of the East River tubes under demotion for years is still the crucial missing link.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Trump’s visit to the Great Lakes State, which proved crucial in his election victory last year, further spotlights the battleground that will also feature a contentious race for an open Senate seat next year to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters (D-MI).—
Ramsey Touchberry,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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