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epochal

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




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These rankings help focus on the fact that what we’re experiencing now is generationally, almost on an epochal level, different.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 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

From a trade perspective, 2026 would probably go down in history books as an epochal year for India.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 2026

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 • Nov. 13, 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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