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

Their journey to rural Massachusetts to confront a family curse evokes the danger of historic ‘sundown towns,’ where Black travelers were not permitted to be outside past sunset.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Solar panels generate electricity only when sunlight is available, but power demand can remain high after sunset or rise sharply at other times of the day.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of sunset

Noun

Plus, the prototype cells showed almost zero degradation over 1,160 hours at a simulated depth of 10 meters off the Weizhou Islands in the South China Sea.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 11 Sep. 2026
Instead, select a narrow, high-ROI operational challenge, such as predicting transformer degradation or detecting unannounced EV chargers.

— Abhay Gupta, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of degradation

Noun

But the Treasury market’s rapid deterioration is now alarming those who previously downplayed the risks.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026
Banks, by comparison, may feel the pressure later, if prolonged high borrowing costs lead to deterioration among property or corporate borrowers, according to Leung.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 16 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

Noun

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

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
Estimates suggest that around 20% of US adults show disc degeneration by age 65.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of degeneration

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