epiphany

Example Sentences

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Shortly into the review, the team members had their epiphany.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

That epiphany in turn led him to meet with John Du Prez, who became the composer for “Spamalot.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

That epiphany to “fold everything” led to opening the AlphaFold system to the entire scientific research community and—cue the ABBA—a Nobel Prize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 17, 2026

Is England's approach on this fourth day in Adelaide a welcome epiphany that their previous over-aggression was misplaced, or a frustrating reveal they were always capable of playing in this fashion?

From BBC • Dec. 20, 2025

It was an epiphany: scientists had been trying for decades to grow immortal cell lines using normal cells instead of malignant ones, but it had never worked.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot