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Recent Examples of epochal
Superhero movies eventually conquered Hollywood, but few of them feel as epochal and vital as this one.
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Vincent is caught on tape delivering a racist, John Galliano-esque tirade, plunging the house into an epochal PR crisis.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
There was an epochal flood in Los Angeles 80-plus years ago, and from then on, the powers-that-be decided to cement everything and reroute an ancient waterway.
—Isaac Michael Ybarra, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
Bangladesh is going through an epochal period with the government being overthrown after a period of mass youth protests.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
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Will Leitch, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
Vincent is caught on tape delivering a racist, John Galliano-esque tirade, plunging the house into an epochal PR crisis.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2024
There was an epochal flood in Los Angeles 80-plus years ago, and from then on, the powers-that-be decided to cement everything and reroute an ancient waterway.
—Isaac Michael Ybarra, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
Bangladesh is going through an epochal period with the government being overthrown after a period of mass youth protests.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochal
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As a baseline, Chris Hayes points to Abraham Lincoln’s debates with Stephen A. Douglas, in the eighteen-fifties: three-hour exchanges of orations about a momentous topic, slavery.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025
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This race will mark a momentous return for NASCAR Cup events at Bowman Gray Stadium—a venue that hasn't hosted the series since 1971.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 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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Had Asian demand kept to its historic trend, there would have been no massive glut and probably no earthshaking price collapse.—
Michael Levi,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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The Israelis destroyed it. March 2011 was a fateful month for Syria.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
27 Jan. 2025
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Ricky’s poor mother has hardly slept a wink in 15 years, ever since that fateful knock at the door, and despite her stone-cold front, Joanne, an old friend of the Smiths, is actually doing her best to keep Ricky on the straight and narrow.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
27 Jan. 2025
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William eventually makes his way to the church to ask Jamie for help on a life-and-death matter.—
Lincee Ray,
EW.com,
18 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes a challenge is genuinely life-and-death, or involves dire consequences; other times, the obstacles in your path may be lower stakes, but still feel frustratingly immovable.—
Vanessa Armstrong,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
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For product leaders, the implications are clear: The future belongs to platforms that can turn those crucial first moments from an awkward introduction into the beginning of a valuable relationship.—
Kalyan Garimella,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The vapor chamber cooling system is larger on all three—a crucial component to keep the phones from getting too hot during intense gaming sessions—with the chamber in the S25 Ultra getting a 40 percent size bump.—
Julian Chokkattu,
WIRED,
22 Jan. 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochal. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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