era
Example Sentences
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The era of stagflation put millions of people out of work, especially after the Fed jacked up a key interest rate to double digits to try to tame rapidly rising prices.
From MarketWatch
In an era where pitchers throw ridiculously hard and have sliders that appear to defy the laws of physics, getting a hit is as difficult as ever.
He knew Xerox desired to invest in Apple, which would soon go public in one of the most eagerly anticipated stock offerings of the era.
From Los Angeles Times
Lakshtanov has worked as a translator in Angola since the Soviet era.
From BBC
Ward’s opera has a related theme: It is based on the 1953 Arthur Miller play that used the 17th-century Salem witch trials as a metaphor for the McCarthy era.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
