eureka moment

noun

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

Example Sentences

Oracle’s databases ran on any hardware system, a decision that was really Ellison’s first big Eureka moment and why Oracle came to dominate the database business.

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That might seem commonplace now, but it was a Eureka moment for Goodall: Like humans, chimpanzees not only use tools but actually make them.

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"Sometimes it might take years working with a player, other times you get a eureka moment and that can advance a player's game hugely," the engineer said.

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A BBC interview with Woody Allen, in which he called the #MeToo movement a witch hunt, was a eureka moment for Belflower.

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This was my Eureka moment: Democrats completely lack both fourth- and fifth-level systems, while Republicans don’t.

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