dark age

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Recent Examples of dark age Exiled by Emperor Cleon XII (a magnificent Lee Pace) to the remote planet of Terminus, Seldon plans to establish a Foundation dedicated to shortening the coming dark age with his disciples, including Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell). David Faris, theweek, 24 Apr. 2024 Their report, published late last year in the IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, found no evidence that the inverter invasion is plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age. IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024 This could make October 7 the beginning of a dark age in Israel’s history—one characterized by more and growing violence. Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024 There’s no evidence that inverters are plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age. IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for dark age
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dark age
Noun
  • Amazingly, the idea withstands the sobering chill of the overnight test, and the pair of you, brimming with capitalistic romanticism, prepare to skip into the metaphorical sunset of success.
    Erik Lehmann, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The best of which is having the time to stop and watch the sunset.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Service degradation caused in some attacks has lasted multiple days, with some remaining ongoing as of the time this post went live.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Bristol Myers Squibb is leveraging AI and machine learning to advance protein degradation science.
    Tina Chakrabarty, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • This industry is the major culprit in the bay’s deterioration.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Feb. 2025
  • In the fourth quarter, revenues were up 2 percent at constant exchange rates, returning to growth after several quarters of deterioration, mainly thanks to the improvement recorded by the wholesale channel.
    Luisa Zargani, WWD, 13 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Overdose deaths seem to be falling as pandemic-era isolation ebbs and access to life-saving medications like Naloxone grows.
    Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Two titans of English football are at their lowest ebb in recent memory.
    Oli Gamp, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • For this eclipse, the Western Hemisphere will be treated to the view, including all of North America.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2025
  • This is the first eclipse in this Mutable sign since 2016.
    Valerie Mesa, People.com, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Keys to economic rejuvenation in these left-behind places are the devolution of decision-making powers to local and regional authorities, as well as having sufficient financial resources to implement the resulting bottom-up decisions.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Schematic plot aside, Gigolo succeeds as a profile of a pleasure provider whose generosity masks a thin veneer of loneliness, and Gere persuasively sells his character’s devolution from desirable man to out-of-work prostitute after his fancy clients hang him out to dry. 6.
    Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Abraham Lincoln no longer speaks for the Republican Party, nor possibly America, as the degeneracy into primitive violence has taken the nation by the throat from the Bully Pulpit down to the mass shootings in schools.
    Kary Love, Twin Cities, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The minimum size of a white dwarf is controlled by something called electron degeneracy pressure.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Changes in metabolism, appetite, and mobility could signal underlying brain degeneration.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 12 Feb. 2025
  • While chubby cats may look cute, obesity can shorten their life and expose them to elevated risks of cancer, diabetes mellitus, heart disease and hypertension, osteoarthritis and faster degeneration of affected joints, urinary bladder stones, and anesthetic complications.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Dark age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20age. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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