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epiphany

[ih-pif-uh-nee] / ɪˈpɪf ə ni /


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It was at that point that I had my only useful epiphany on this topic.

From Slate Aug. 18, 2026

"I had an epiphany when I met you and started working with you," Madonna wrote in her post, alongside a video of herself standing beside Orbit to accept a Grammy Award.

From BBC Aug. 8, 2026

The segment ends on a starkly moving note when a visit to the Anne Frank House inspires an unexpected epiphany.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

Then, one day, while cleaning out my mom’s 1970 blue Chevy Impala, I had an epiphany.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

That's when I had an epiphany: when my mom and aunts praised me for being hairless...they meant by Persian woman standards.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi

Either way, know that nothing in this hour expands beyond territory he hasn’t covered – including, and namely, any epiphanies about responsibility.

From Salon Jul. 3, 2026

Investigating four centuries of British and American data, Mr. Goodspeed concludes that the apparent business cycles that economists have spent careers documenting are “apophanies” rather than epiphanies: illusions of pattern imposed on noise.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 5, 2026

If we kill busywork, we risk forfeiting the epiphanies that sometimes occur while doing easy, repetitive tasks.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 14, 2026

As the escalating pressure mounts, he has a cathartic meltdown and several epiphanies that are fun to watch.

From Salon Sep. 26, 2024

And in all that time, no one has ever asked a "random question" about "epiphanies" for "no reason."

From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan




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