dark age

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Recent Examples of dark age 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 Exiled by Emperor Cleon XII (a magnificent Lee Pace) to the remote planet of Terminus, Seldon plans to establish a Foundation dedicated to shortening the coming dark age with his disciples, including Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell). David Faris, theweek, 24 Apr. 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
  • The mural depicts him flying toward the sunset into the great beyond.
    Staff report, Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The beehive cluster will be visible throughout January and best seen after sunset and before midnight, NASA said in a monthly skywatching guide.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • That selectivity creates a stable interface and avoids many of the degradation pathways that plague liquid-electrolyte cells.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Scarce arable land and soil degradation further constrain food production.
    Mark Banchereau, Fortune, 29 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • With the deterioration and rise of crime in South Beach in the late 1970s, as well as inflation and the shrinking tourist business, the Famous was forced to close in 1981.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Jan. 2026
  • While analysts do not expect the rift to escalate into direct conflict, even a limited deterioration could carry far-reaching consequences.
    Abbas Al Lawati, CNN Money, 5 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In an interview with a Taiwanese reporter, Lou explained that most of An Unfinished Film was shot in 2021, during an ebb in the pandemic.
    Yangyang Cheng, NPR, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Unlike animal prints or stripes that ebb in and out of style, these textures are timeless and easy to pack.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Their silence came largely out of respect for the victims’ families and the trauma of those left behind, which Mel Kohberger emphasized eclipses her own family’s fallout.
    Theresa Braine, Mercury News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • But from August 2026 to July 2028, dedicated eclipse chasers can experience three shows across three continents.
    Jamie Carter, Space.com, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The devolution of the traditional life style coincided with a surge in social problems.
    Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
  • On top of that, the devolution of NCAA amateurism presents a chance to reconsider elite player development.
    Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Why subject your kids to degeneracy and violence?
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Trump has been tied to Epstein, and though there is no evidence exposing the president’s participation in Epstein’s acts of degeneracy, the question remains on the minds of many Americans — Was Trump complicit?
    Letters to the Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2025
Noun
  • Joints exposed to the extract showed fewer signs of degeneration and better overall health than untreated controls.
    , FOXNews.com, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Among this group, the drug has the potential to slow muscle degeneration by targeting SOD1 mRNA, genetic material that tells the body how to make proteins, and reduces the proteins being made.
    Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2025

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

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