1
: of or relating to an epoch
2
: uniquely or highly significant : momentous
during his three epochal years in the assembly—
C. G. Bowers
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epochally
adverb
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In a striking parallel to the 1990s, epochal thinking about the potentialities of a high technology society has once again upended politics.
—Jacob Bruggeman & Casey Eilbert / Made By History, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
Pacino gives one of his greatest performances as desperate crook Sonny Wortzik in Lumet’s epochal New York crime drama, based on the bizarre true story of a 1972 bank robbery staged blocks from the movie’s Brooklyn location.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
And yet, Rich comments how Hubble's epochal discovery was actually relatively recent.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Did that epochal conflict resonate in your home?
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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Jacob Bruggeman & Casey Eilbert / Made By History, TIME, 3 Mar. 2025
Pacino gives one of his greatest performances as desperate crook Sonny Wortzik in Lumet’s epochal New York crime drama, based on the bizarre true story of a 1972 bank robbery staged blocks from the movie’s Brooklyn location.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 22 Jan. 2025
And yet, Rich comments how Hubble's epochal discovery was actually relatively recent.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Did that epochal conflict resonate in your home?
—Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Epochal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epochal. Accessed 21 Apr. 2025.
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