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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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If that seems like a quick ascent, Mr. Hyden reminds us “how slow time moved” before the era of the smartphone.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The only way the era of low hiring is going to end is if most or all other industries join the party, so to speak.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 1, 2026

“The Swan” was not a singular occurrence, then, but part of an era hawking cosmetic improvement, whether surgical or noninvasive, as the key to succeeding at life.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

"This event is the worst we've seen and unlike any other botched execution in the modern era," Robin Maher, the executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, told The New York Times.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

Hannah Arendt, the influential cultural critic who documented the perverse excesses of Nazism, would later write about the “banality of evil” that permeated German culture during the Nazi era.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

It included a black and gold military-style jacket, worn at multiple public appearances during the Dangerous and HIStory eras.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dorfman says Americans’ enduring appetite for novelty has gotten stronger recently as people seek out the low-tech thrills of earlier eras.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

But still, the exhibition is the rare chance to view RM as a serious art collector; someone who values Korean identity in art but also loves works from many genres, eras and countries.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026

Sometimes too you will see the term Phanerozoic used to describe the span encompassing the Cenozoic, Mesozoic, and Paleozoic eras.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson




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