epochal

Example Sentences

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A generation after his assassination, Colosio’s slaying remains an epochal event that continues to cast a shadow over Mexican politics.

From Los Angeles Times

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

"It feels like an epochal moment, and it also feels extraordinarily terrifying."

From BBC

He doesn’t just distract – he rewrites the story in real time, making the serious seem trivial, and the trivial seem epochal.

From Salon

Pember’s journalism and advocacy, along with that of a growing number of writers and activists, both Native and not, are making clear the scope and impact of one major pillar of this epochal injustice.

From Los Angeles Times