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

When he visited her grave, he saw a pile of stones and had an epiphany as he realised that, when gravediggers make space for a coffin, they don't return the stones they have displaced.

From BBC • Feb. 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

That's when I had an epiphany: when my mom and aunts praised me for being hairless...they meant by Persian woman standards.

From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi