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aha moment

noun

Informal.
  1. a point in time, event, or experience when one has a sudden insight or realization:

    My aha moment was when I put on my shorts from last summer and they didn’t fit.



aha moment

noun

  1. an instant at which the solution to a problem becomes clear
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Origin of aha moment1

From the expression aha, used to signal sudden awareness or comprehension
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It wasn't an “aha” moment for me, just a culmination of where my life went.

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So, no, Mara’s big showing was not an aha moment for his coach, automatically leading to a larger role for the tallest player on the team, despite Mara’s making every shot and eight of 11 free throws while also grabbing five rebounds and blocking two shots in a season-high 21 minutes.

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Fullerton’s ‘aha!’ moment came last year, when her twin 4-year-olds watched Disney’s “A Bug’s Life” in their TK class, and the school administration described it as “a science lesson.”

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“Sometimes it’s easy to turn things into a puzzle. I always try to be more experience-focused. Like, is this going to enhance your experience to have this puzzle? is there going to be an ‘aha moment’ or a moment of delight, or is it going to lead to, ‘Oh great, now I have to put a lot of work into this puzzle?’

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“That was my aha moment, my come-to-Jesus moment,” said Glosserman, 72.

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