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epiphany

[ih-pif-uh-nee] / ΙͺˈpΙͺf Ι™ ni /


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He didn’t elaborate further, and my own attempt to interview Johnson over this epiphany fell through.

From Slate ● Jul. 31, 2026

Also grieving Gerry is his daughter, Early, whose filial devotion clashes with her revulsion at Gerry’s brutality until her eventual epiphany: “I am my father’s daughter.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

It was more like a dark epiphany, a moment of revelation in which unsavory but unavoidable truths about America were laid bare before America itself and the wider world.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

The Drake tour experience led to an eventual epiphany in the form of another of Yeat and BNYX’s biggest songs to date, 2025’s “COMË N GO.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026

As she spoke, Blaine nodded continously, and once even sighed aloud as though her words had brought to him a familiar and exquisite epiphany.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

“We grow, have epiphanies, become better, understand our flaws”—a notion that expresses the sense of hopefulness reflected in Ms. King’s novels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2025

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

From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2024

"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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