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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

Sarris recalls a similar epiphany he had speaking with McKay.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 24, 2026

It might be the most American thing ever that we needed to experience the epiphany twice — with equal doses of tragedy and farce on both occasions — before we began to grasp its message.

From Salon Jun. 21, 2026

Your Friend, Tommy Jefferson Dear Diary, After our “toast for change,” my students experienced an epiphany.

From "The Freedom Writers Diary" by The Freedom Writers

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

Her compositions are more propulsive and melodic, capturing the romance of youth and tiny epiphanies of life lived raw and in the moment.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 4, 2025

Citing Oedipus, Macbeth and Raskolnikov, he points out that literary epiphanies always come too late.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 9, 2025

Audiences have no choice but to exist in the theatrical moment, without recourse to linear logic, sententious language or psychological epiphanies.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 16, 2025

"Because I am still doing research on the relationship between water polo and epiphanies."

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




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