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Recent Examples of epochal
The newfound state of Hollywood as a willing participant in its own strict regulations was a great irony as well, one of epochal proportions.
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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
Such a decision would express a deplorably poor imagination of the role of political leadership at an epochal turn for our communities and our planet.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
For a country so historically averse to government debt, the speed and scope of these decisions demonstrate how deeply German officials believe that the change in Europe’s relationship with the United States is epochal.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
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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
Such a decision would express a deplorably poor imagination of the role of political leadership at an epochal turn for our communities and our planet.
—Letters To The Editor, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
For a country so historically averse to government debt, the speed and scope of these decisions demonstrate how deeply German officials believe that the change in Europe’s relationship with the United States is epochal.
—Arancha González Laya, Foreign Affairs, 12 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochal
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For the second year in a row, the 4th of July played host to a momentous musical release; coincidentally, the consecutive drops have come from the two guys who had the biggest rap beef of all time last year, Drake and Kendrick Lamar.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
7 July 2025
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Always this sense of momentous occasion for a challenge with diminishing returns and our perpetual disappointment?—
Chris Feil,
Vulture,
4 July 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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The conference will take place near the campus location where Fermi oversaw the first self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction in the run-up to that fateful July 16 bomb test.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
14 July 2025
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Then the feet stopped dancing, the fateful slip two points from the end of his quarterfinal against Flavio Cobolli proving one physical blow too many.—
The Athletic Tennis Staff,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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The story may have depended on the horror of juxtaposing kids’ games with life-and-death consequences to convey how being in debt can be a living hell.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
27 June 2025
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But North Carolina doesn’t require specific training for its county emergency managers, who are tasked with enormous life-and-death decisions.—
Jennifer Berry Hawes,
ProPublica,
19 May 2025
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In a crucial leadership change last September, Starbucks appointed Molly Liu, former chief of Starbucks China's digital division, to head its business in the country.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
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Both aspects are a crucial part of the Superman story.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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