defining moment

The piece positions Kimmel’s potential response as a defining moment that will signal whether people of influence can stand up to presidential intimidation or will succumb to self-censorship.

Despite the string of prominent politicians speaking on Sunday night, the defining moment came when Erika Kirk, Charlie's widow, took the stage.

Yet while this would prove Higuita's globally defining moment, it was just another chapter in the unique story of a keeper who scored 43 career goals, inspired a game-changing new law and had only recently returned to the Colombia squad after being sent to prison for his part in a cartel kidnapping.

This is a recognition that this autumn's Budget will not just be a defining moment of the next few months but of this entire government, however long it lasts.

It is, of course, a nonsense to suggest the third Premier League game of the season is any sort of defining moment, but it is reasonable to say an Arsenal win would have underpinned all their aspirations this season and sent a surge of self-belief through Arteta's team.