epiphany

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

From Slate • Apr. 6, 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

Dolly Chugh, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, had an epiphany recently at a Radio City Rockettes show.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 27, 2025

In an alternate timeline, that earlier process slowly wears you down and you never arrive at the epiphany you described.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 22, 2025

“Well, your grades obviously aren’t bad because you can’t pick this stuff up or because you are stupid, you are just not working hard enough,” my mother said, her voice rising into the epiphany.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore