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Recent Examples of epochal
But China in 2025 is suffering the consequences of a Xi era that’s talked a great game of epochal change but achieved little.
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
With its endlessly quotable teen slang, closet-envy fashion, and pop culture references, the film remains an epochal '90s movie that hasn't lost a stitch of charm or relevance.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 19 July 2025
This movie was meant to be DC’s epochal Avengers-like moment.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Mark Blyth, a political economist at Brown University, sees the economy heading for an epochal change, though a dominant economic order has yet to fully take shape.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 6 July 2025
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William Pesek, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
With its endlessly quotable teen slang, closet-envy fashion, and pop culture references, the film remains an epochal '90s movie that hasn't lost a stitch of charm or relevance.
—Danny Horn, EW.com, 19 July 2025
This movie was meant to be DC’s epochal Avengers-like moment.
—Tim Grierson, Vulture, 11 July 2025
Mark Blyth, a political economist at Brown University, sees the economy heading for an epochal change, though a dominant economic order has yet to fully take shape.
—Brit Morse, Fortune, 6 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochal
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After taking a fastball to the knee in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series against the Seattle Mariners, Springer hit a momentous go-ahead home run in the seventh inning of Game 7, propelling his team to the fall classic.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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And while Playboi Carti isn’t regarded as the same caliber of lyricist as the others, his I Am Music project is too momentous to ignore.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 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
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As the series chronicles Gacy’s initial interactions with police, eventually leading to his arrest and trial, each episode uses flashbacks to provide a glimpse into who these boys were before their fateful meeting with Gacy.—
Derek Lawrence,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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Meet Grand Ole Opry, the city’s iconic honky-tonk where cowboy boots meet K-culture — all thanks to Mama Kim and a fateful fortune teller encounter 50 years ago.—
Sarah Hutter,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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The editor used audio recordings from doorbell cameras and a series of 911 calls to give audiences a sense of the confrontation, which is far different from the life-and-death scenario Lorincz describes to police officers.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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The premiere ends with the 113 arriving at a country music festival, where an impending twister has torn apart the stage, resulting in several life-and-death crises.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
9 Oct. 2025
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That’s why career development conversations play such a crucial role.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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That Episode 5 car ride is arguably the series’ most crucial scene, and the dialogue about the vagrant bird its most poignant.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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