DARK AGE Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

dark age

noun

Definition of dark age

as in sunset

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Recent Examples of dark age The Handmaid’s Tale, a dystopian drama adapted from Margaret Atwood’s 1985 novel of the same name, centers on Elisabeth Moss’ June, a woman living in a dark age who sees her family and former life stripped away. — Destiny Jackson, Deadline, 27 May 2025 If this is the future of artificial intelligence, the AI era is going to be a dark age indeed. — Wired Staff, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2024 With most of the studio’s fabled animators having retired and productions being scaled back, Disney entered a dark age of animation marked by edgier stories and alienated audiences. — Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024 In his Foundation series, Asimov wrote about a hero who must prevent humanity from being thrown into a long dark age after a massive galactic empire collapses. — Sigal Samuel, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See All Example Sentences for dark age

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Noun

Big emotional moments are punctuated by striking shots of fiery, mountainside sunsets and comforting, homestead greenery.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2026
Food and drink From sunrise to sunset, breakfast to dinner, Oku Andalusia really gets it right.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of sunset

Noun

The engine manufacturer conducted post-test inspections after the evaluation and found no evidence of degradation.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 28 Sep. 2026
For example, the company traced the helium leaks to valve problems — specifically, degradation that occurred after exposure to nitrogen tetroxide, the oxidizer in Starliner's propulsion system.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of degradation

Noun

Flores is seeking release largely because of what her lawyers describe as a serious deterioration in her health while in federal custody.

— Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Imagine a system that flags hundreds of concerns but cannot distinguish meaningful deterioration from routine variation.

— Arpan Saxena, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of deterioration

Noun

Elias said voters will see the role of good governance and nonprofits that have played a prominent role in preelection litigation ebb as candidates and their parties take on a more central role in cases specific to individual races.

— Eric McDaniel, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
These kinds of changes are likely to grow rather than ebb over the next decade as AI continues to revolutionize the way companies operate.

— Nisha Talagala, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of ebb

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Seeing a partial eclipse bears the same relation to seeing a total eclipse as kissing a man does to marrying him, or as flying in an airplane does to falling out of an airplane.

— James Folta, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2026
That’s also called an eclipse, and for us, in the dramatography and in developing the story, this knowing and not knowing, what is visible and what is not visible also became important.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of eclipse

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Burnham has made devolution a major theme since taking office less than two months ago, but his focus has been on regional governments across England, a reflection of his years as mayor of Greater Manchester.

— Brian Melley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
The budget is likely to retain a focus on devolution, greater public control of public services and more private sector partnerships, but contain little to change the macro outlook, Monks said in a note Monday.

— Jenni Reid, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of devolution

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Speaking to the Freedom Fighters club in Arlington July 1, Hall said moral degeneracy, discipline issues and low literacy rates are products of removing the Bible from classrooms.

— Rachel Royster. Produced with AI assistance, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 July 2026
The team found that a near-infrared resolving power of at least 40 is the minimum needed to break that degeneracy.

— Paul Sutter, Space.com, 10 June 2026

Definition of degeneracy

Noun

According to the American Brain Foundation, frontotemporal degeneration (also known as frontotemporal dementia), is a group of neurodegenerative disorders associated with changes in the brain’s frontal and temporal lobes.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Researchers are now conducting clinical trials to see whether the procedure can reverse degeneration in the retina or optic nerve.

— Venki Ramakrishnan, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of degeneration

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