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era

[eer-uh, er-uh] / ˈɪər ə, ˈɛr ə /


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McVay, 40, is a decade removed from the day the Rams made him the youngest coach in the NFL’s modern era.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 5, 2026

Although the comparison is tempting, this era of government intervention is starkly different.

From MarketWatch Aug. 5, 2026

That is a stark shift from the era of yen overvaluation 15 years ago, when a dollar was worth about 80 yen and a trip to the country was a painful expense.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 4, 2026

Ayers, the Everest reporter, says Purja helped "publicise a new era of mountaineering" which in many ways helped "democratise mountain-climbing", but also "fuelled commercialisation and risk".

From BBC Aug. 4, 2026

Until the late modern era, more than 90 per cent of humans were peasants who rose each morning to till the land by the sweat of their brows.

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

“Just as railroads, electric grids, and the Internet reshaped prior economic eras, we believe SpaceX is building the foundational platform for the next generation of industrial capacity,” he wrote.

From MarketWatch Jul. 7, 2026

You’ve worked through a lot of different eras of this business.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 6, 2026

These periods span parts of the Stone Age and early metalworking eras, thousands of years before modern civilization.

From Science Daily Jul. 5, 2026

The second section, "All the Somebody People" focuses on the musician onstage and in the studio across four defining eras; Ziggy Stardust, the Berlin years, Let's Dance, and Blackstar.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

In fact, the ability for individuals to create and broadcast media explains a key difference between the nature and amount of information people consume today than in past eras.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel




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