dark age

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Recent Examples of dark age Is Trump leading the U.S. into an economic dark age? Mike Patton, Forbes, 6 Mar. 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
  • Strings on folk or rock albums often exist to bolster melodies or add some easy drama; Eisenberg uses them as bursts of color, miniature sunsets briefly illuminating their melodies before sinking below the horizon.
    Reed Jackson, SPIN, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The gorgeous grounds, twice daily game drives, incredible wildlife sightings, and savanna sunsets were all nothing short of breathtaking.
    Alaina Chou, Bon Appetit Magazine, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Its habitat is being affected by climate change and fires started by farmers clearing land, which are contributing to ecosystem degradation in the region.
    Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Its habitat is being affected by climate change and fires started by farmers clearing land, both of which are contributing to ecosystem degradation in the region.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Prosecutors said the owners were given multiple warnings about the roof's deterioration and were even urged to cancel the concert that was going on at the time of the collapse.
    Jennifer Bisram, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • In addition, physical deterioration has become a concern over time.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Along the way of most successful rebuilding efforts, or even just more traditional team-building efforts, however, successful teams tend to take a calculated risk or two on some high-pedigree players or high-potential skaters at a low ebb in their value.
    Harman Dayal, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Some readers may be old enough to remember the 1976 Bicentennial, which occurred during one of the city’s lowest ebbs and lifted everyone’s spirits.
    John Calvelli, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The eclipse is not visible from Earth, only to the crew aboard the Orion.
    CBS News, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The eclipse will last for almost an hour toward the end of the Artemis II lunar flyby.
    Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Out next month, Star follows the rise of two fictional musical acts—a pop star, Ashley, and Siren8, a teen idol group—and the gradual devolution of fan admiration into obsession, and eventually, violence.
    Jenny Tinghui Zhang, Vogue, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Several factors beyond the democratization of the presidential nominating process have driven the devolution of the Democratic and Republican parties.
    David M. Drucker, Twin Cities, 22 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • One night, Earnshaw goes out for his evening’s gambling and degeneracy and returns the next morning with a new resident for the household.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026
  • The shoot gives Henry a chance to argue with his uncle, who acknowledges that Henry’s recurrent depression is real — he’s previously been prescribed lithium — but has no patience for his nephew’s degeneracy.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • That doctor looked at the back of Kekoa’s eyes and diagnosed him with myopic degeneration, a dramatic form of nearsightedness.
    Kristen Hwang, Los Angeles Times, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Heming Willis shares her two kids with husband Willis, who was diagnosed with frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) in 2022.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Dark age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20age. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.

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