epoch
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Those for whom the epoch is unfamiliar may find it a little harder to connect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
About 7,300 years ago, it produced the largest known volcanic eruption of the Holocene, the current geological epoch, which began roughly 11,700 years ago.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
But for Icelanders, whose connection to glaciers is ancient and mythic, our human epoch has become an extended hospice for the landscape of their lives.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2026
So how should investors position themselves for this new, problematic epoch?
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 10, 2026
In this epoch, we live between spiral arms.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
“Every time we have one of these technical epochs, it puts pressure on the infrastructure, but none of us have ever seen it this dramatic,” said Casado.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Disney Chairman James Gorman said in an interview that Iger’s nearly 20 years in power is framed by two epochs: “Bob 1” and “Bob 2.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
Frieman: The data from these surveys allow us to infer the history of cosmic expansion -- how fast the universe has been expanding at different epochs in the past.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2025
In exploring the pull between love and liquid assets, Song cleverly acknowledges how we’ve been facing this internal war for epochs.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025
Also, all this changes from textbook to textbook and from person to person, so that some authorities describe seven recent epochs, while others are content with four.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
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