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epoch

[ep-uhk, ee-pok] / ˈɛp ək, ˈi pɒk /
NOUN
period
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"Then we realized there's a family of self-similar solutions during the radiation epoch of the Big Bang, which might model that expanding wave."

From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026

As yields fell in subsequent years, many economists concluded the world had entered a new epoch of tepid inflation and permanently low interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

The same bounty that makes the Tar Pits the best place on Earth to study its slice of the late Pleistocene epoch also makes for a move of truly mammoth proportions.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2026

"It seeks to poison and disrupt in order to hurl us into an epoch of chaos," shouts Hitler.

From "The Boy Who Dared" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

Our critic raved that “it’s an unparalleled opportunity to do a deep dive into one of the most dazzling epochs in the history of art.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 22, 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

"By examining planetary evolution alongside atmospheric escape across different epochs, we can gain insight into how these processes shape planetary habitability."

From Science Daily ● Jan. 5, 2026

He said Traoré was "offering an alternative, and re-capturing the spirit of two historic epochs":

From BBC ● May 11, 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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