epoch
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Six, five and four minutes on the clock and Hearts were winning the league, smashing to smithereens that established order; history-makers, epoch definers.
From BBC • May 16, 2026
This site dates back between 11 million and 16 million years to the Miocene epoch, a period when many modern plants and animals first appeared.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
Its plot conjures up a powerful spirit from an ancient epoch: the era of Richard Nixon, when “The Exorcist” was released.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
Charismatic and charming as ever, Gosling easily shoulders the job of being the only human onscreen for an epoch.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026
Emblematic of the epoch of sailing-ship exploration and discovery is the revolutionary Dutch Republic of the seventeenth century.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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