epochal

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It is itself epochal, as is the enterprise it commemorates.

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  1. adjective Of or characteristic of an epoch.
  2. adjective Highly significant or important; momentous: epochal decisions made by Roosevelt and Churchill.
  3. adjective Without parallel: epochal stupidity.

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  • I think we just found out The UP has been sitting on the story that's going to get me a Pulitzer The effrontery was breathtaking: the opportunity to bid for exclusive netcast rights to an undefined but claimed-epochal news spectacular. —  AnalogSFF,May2006
  • The move, described as "epochal" by media commentators, will see all Guardian content tailored to fit the format of Twitter's brief text messages, known as "tweets", which are limited to 140 characters each. —  Blue Mass. Group - Front Page
  • Still, even without the bacon, Square One is a pretty good place - epochal breakfasts, big salads for lunch made with roasted beets or house-cured salmon, pressed ham-and-cheese sandwiches, organic grits, fragile chocolate-chip cookies as big around as dinner plates. —  LA Weekly | Complete Issue
  • (Mandatory Canadian content obliges us to mention that Mike Weir's 2003 green jacket was also epochal, at least north of the border).
  • It's not a "war", and names that promote suggestions along the vein of war or some kind of epochal "struggle" should be avoided. —  Macleans.ca
 

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/ˈɛpəkəl/
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