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era

[eer-uh, er-uh] / ˈɪər ə, ˈɛr ə /


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With Van Vechten, author of the controversial 1926 novel, “Nigger Heaven,” comes the question of how white patronage impacted the cultural output of the era.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

The Texas event was signaling the end of an era but not the era of cars that stay on the ground.

From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2026

"Ultimately, this represents this new era of marketing where brands, particularly Victoria's Secret and legacy brands, they don't want to take risks," he says.

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

In an era of baseball defined by power, Milwaukee is thriving with an old-fashioned approach at the plate that has the Brewers on the verge of the World Series.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Both Adams and Jefferson, it turned out, were too deeply shaped by the desperate struggle against England to foresee the Anglo-American alliance that flourished throughout the Victorian era and beyond.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis

Where he stands in that list of greats will be shaped by eras and opinions, according to former internationals Paul Robinson and Murphy.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

But its good witchery also contextualizes the quest for sanity in mad times like ours with comforting observations about occultism’s role during eras of social upheaval.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

With Lionel Messi retiring and Cristiano Ronaldo presumably not far behind, one of soccer’s greatest eras is ending.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

A complex man—as those caught between eras often are—Spaulding removed the grinning mask of servility, but could never quite put it aside.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson


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