epoch-making
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of epoch-making
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The new fossils date to 17 to 19 million years ago, or the early-mid Miocene epoch, making them the youngest known toothed whales.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 17, 2013
I don’t imagine his appearances in “T. J. Hooker,” “The Practice” or “Boston Legal” were similarly epoch making.
From New York Times • Feb. 17, 2012
You know I never dwell much upon attire, but it is sometimes necessary when it is in a way epoch making.
From People of the Whirlpool by Wright, Mabel Osgood
The thirty-sixth session of Chautauqua was epoch making in the development of material resources.
From The Story of Chautauqua by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
In 1832 he raised the whole issue in the "epoch making" sermon, in which he advanced the view of the communion service that led to his resignation of the Christian ministry.
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Frothingham, Octavius Brooks
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