: the long period of time occupied by the earth's geologic history
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For Rebillard, the fossil is also proof that all three prey species not only lived together in the same geologic time but also died together in the same week or even day.—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 18 Feb. 2026 His backing musicians kick up dust, eschewing the post-rock pomp favored by his contemporary Chuck Johnson in favor of riverine structures that reflect the geologic time scale Walker wanted to capture here.—Daniel Bromfield, Pitchfork, 11 Feb. 2026 The river tumbles and seethes through 278 miles of Grand Canyon National Park, taking its geologic time in carving a trench now deeper than a mile.—Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025 Though in geologic time, the advent of the Industrial Revolution is only a hair’s breadth removed from our current moment, that’s cold comfort to people born after 9/11.—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for geologic time