eureka moment

noun

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

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.

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

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

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

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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.

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