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epochal

[ep-uh-kuhl, ee-po-] / ˈɛp ə kəl, ˈi pɒ- /




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Mr. Turturro exudes the bleary exhaustion of a man nursing an epochal hangover.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Going much further back, oil prices also rocketed during the epochal crisis of World War II in the 1940s.

From MarketWatch Feb. 20, 2026

He befriended the Clash on a tour of London and sat in on the band’s sessions recording their epochal “London Calling” LP.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 16, 2025

For a cricket-mad nation long waiting for its women to stand shoulder to shoulder with its men, this triumph felt epochal - the spark of a new era.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2025

To their colleagues, Rutherford and Lawrence would be known as “the two Ernests,” and their work would bookend an epochal quest for knowledge of the natural world.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik




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