epoch-making
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of epoch-making
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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She reported from more than 70 countries and witnessed first-hand such epoch-making events as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the first Gulf War and Nelson Mandela's walk to freedom.
From BBC • Jun. 27, 2023
"ChatGPT is an epoch-making application ... It can draw conclusions from a complicated network of relationships with numerous dimensions in ways human brains cannot," said Steve Chen, partner of Shanghai-based MX Capital.
From Reuters • Jun. 5, 2023
The Beatles' influence continues to reverberate across the decades since their epoch-making emergence in global culture.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2023
In the world of Francesca May’s queer gothic fantasy “Wild and Wicked Things,” World War I was epoch-making not for its machine guns and mustard gas, but for its use of magic.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2022
This was one of the truly epoch-making achievements of human history.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
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