defining moment

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Head's elevation to open in the second innings of the first Test in Perth was the defining moment of the series and the left-hander is tucking into England's bowling once more.

From BBC

Stokes and McCullum united in 2022 and this tour was billed as a defining moment for their leadership, only for England to surrender the series with defeats in each of the opening three Tests.

From BBC

The discovery pushes the origins of fire-making back by more than 350,000 years and marks a defining moment in human evolution.

From BBC

"In 2019, during our first field survey in the Hațeg Basin, we almost immediately came across the K2 site. It was a defining moment for us -- we instantly noticed dozens of large, exceptionally well-preserved black dinosaur bones gleaming in the grey clay layers exposed in the streambed. We immediately began our work, and through several years of excavation we collected an extraordinarily rich vertebrate assemblage from the site," explained Gábor Botfalvai, assistant professor at the Department of Paleontology, Eötvös Loránd University, and leader of the research group.

From Science Daily

Head's promotion to open the batting is a defining moment in the outcome of the series.

From BBC