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Recent Examples of epoch
That stoppage happened during an epoch that occurred between about 150 million and one billion years after the Big Bang when the universe's first stars and galaxies formed.
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
To some in Hollywood, today’s rhetoric reflects a throwback to the epoch of the backlist decades ago.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
During the Pleistocene epoch (2.59 million to 11,700 years ago), there were roughly 20 cycles of long glacial periods (40,000 to 100,000 years) followed by shorter interglacial periods lasting around 20,000 years.
—Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
The epoch of reionization describes the period from 680 million years to 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang, during which high-energy light began to strip electrons away from hydrogen ions, allowing light to travel freely once more.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025
To some in Hollywood, today’s rhetoric reflects a throwback to the epoch of the backlist decades ago.
—Peter Bart, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
During the Pleistocene epoch (2.59 million to 11,700 years ago), there were roughly 20 cycles of long glacial periods (40,000 to 100,000 years) followed by shorter interglacial periods lasting around 20,000 years.
—Beth Brady, Sun Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2025
The epoch of reionization describes the period from 680 million years to 1.1 billion years after the Big Bang, during which high-energy light began to strip electrons away from hydrogen ions, allowing light to travel freely once more.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for epoch
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Ariana Grande Ariana Grande leaned all the way into her Glinda era on the Oscars red carpet.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Mar. 2025
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During this era, a significantly more systematized, though far from homogeneous, set of disciplinary regimes emerged.—
Sarah C. Schaefer,
Artforum,
1 Mar. 2025
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Washington — House Republicans are pursuing a stopgap measure to keep the government funded through September, looking to shore up support for the continuing resolution with less than 10 days to prevent a government shutdown.—
Kaia Hubbard,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2025
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There’s no reason to use different color-grading to signal flashback vs present day.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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The metal is Omega’s own alloy and offers corrosion resistance without verdigris-oxidation, allowing a slow aging process that results in a natural and beautiful patina over a longer period of time.—
Cait Bazemore,
Robb Report,
28 Feb. 2025
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The order marks the first time the country has ever had a national language.—
Hannah Demissie,
ABC News,
28 Feb. 2025
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He’s also been New York’s savior during a turbulent period since Jan. 1, pulling out late-game heroics several times over the last few weeks to help the Knicks stay slotted in the No. 3 spot in the East.—
James L. Edwards III,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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The first period featured six shots by each side but no pucks finding the back of the net.—
Jack Murray,
Boston Herald,
7 Mar. 2025
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By the numbers: Among Americans ages 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or more who moved to a new county in 2023, 2.4% relocated to Denver. Cities including Atlanta (2.9%), Los Angeles (2.4%) and Chicago (2.4%) shared similar rates.—
Esteban L. Hernandez,
Axios,
28 Feb. 2025
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During the 1990s and 2000s, for example, protests on college campuses over Nike’s use of sweatshop labor forced the company to raise the minimum age for hiring new workers at shoe factories to 18 and allow human rights groups to inspect factory conditions in Asia.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Epoch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epoch. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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