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During which geologic period of the Mesozoic era did dinosaurs first appear?

era

[eer-uh, er-uh] / ˈɪər ə, ˈɛr ə /


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Picking a major has long been a weighty decision for college students, but the financial stakes appear to be getting higher in the AI era, according to economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 25, 2026

According to Opta, it is one of the best any non-Big-Six club has produced in the Premier League era.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The digital era encouraged many marketing professionals to dig deep into specialties like SEO, programmatic advertising, email marketing and now AIO.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026

As a result, massive stars born during that era may have had physical properties that differ substantially from massive stars astronomers can study closer to home.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 24, 2026

The first objects that can reliably be called art date from this era, as does the first clear evidence for religion, commerce and social stratification.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

With Lionel Messi retiring and Cristiano Ronaldo presumably not far behind, one of soccer’s greatest eras is ending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

By measuring that shift, astronomers can study hydrogen from different eras in cosmic history.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

This “doesn’t mean nothing works. It just means different things work” in different eras.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

It's fine margins between Wenger and Mourinho, as both their arrivals brought the dawn of new eras in the Premier League.

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

As she puts the sash around me, the journalists are clicking their cam- eras frantically and Susana is running up to the stage with a bouquet of lilies.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau




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