eureka moment

British  

noun

1. a moment at which a person realizes or solves something

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Example Sentences

This is a eureka moment for astronomers as they just found a new way to track Venusian weather over the past decade - the longest duration of observation ever.

From Space Scoop

"That was the real eureka moment," said Dr. Merghoub.

From Science Daily

"But as often happens, we came across the answer while deep in obscure literature before our eureka moment."

From Science Daily

We learn, for example, that there’s far more to the penicillin story than the casual history of Alexander Fleming’s eureka moment.

From The Wall Street Journal

After a “Eureka!” moment, Tateh reinvents himself as a filmmaker, now styled as Baron Ashkenazy, who will later befriend Mother—they made a passing acquaintance earlier—with Mr. Uranowitz’s lively performance of one of the musical’s lighter diversions, “Buffalo Nickel Photoplay, Inc.,” providing respite from the increasingly dark narrative.

From The Wall Street Journal