defining moment
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of defining moment
First recorded in 1980–85
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His defining moment came in that 2021 Champions League final victory.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
He’d won more than a few races on his own—stages at the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana, time trials here and there—but he’d yet to have that defining moment of his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
"That was definitely a defining moment in my life," he recalled.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Murdoch called the proposed purchase “a defining moment for Fox.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 2, 2026
Each of them knew that a defining moment in his life was nearly at hand; none wanted to waste it.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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