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teachable moment

[ tee-chuh-buhl moh-muhnt ]

noun

  1. a specific occurrence, situation, or experience that can be used to teach people about something more general:

    Her death created a teachable moment about prescription drug abuse.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of teachable moment1

First recorded in 1935–40

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Example Sentences

If you’re single, you could take unwanted questioning as a teachable moment.

Parks’ and voting rights organizers’ persistence offers a teachable moment for young activists.

From Time

This stew isn’t just memorable, it offers a teachable moment.

Historians say Tenayuca’s resilience and the impact she had at such a young age, provide a teachable moment for young people looking to find a way to make a difference in their communities.

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Bill Spriggs hopes this is a teachable moment for economics.

From Quartz

And so now we need to remember a very wise maxim: A teachable moment only has value if you are willing to be taught.

The students, a handful of them Democratic activists, nod appreciatively at what the president might call a “teachable moment.”

It takes far less than 46 days for a teachable moment to devolve into an airing of fetid undercurrents from the American id.

“This is a teachable moment for the White House,” Garrett said.

When Obama heralds another “teachable moment,” it means he has already made an egregious rookie mistake.

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