Thesaurus results for EPOCHS

epochs

noun

plural of epoch

as in days

an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing Sir Isaac Newton is usually credited with establishing the epoch of modern science

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Recent Examples of epochs General Motors Anderson sees design and human ingenuity falling into three main epochs, beginning with thousands of years of empirical design that saw creators largely mimicking nature, building and testing models, and advancing from there—slowly, expensively, and narrowly focused. — IEEE Spectrum, 17 June 2026 Other lines of circumstantial evidence also suggest shockingly large objects roamed the early epochs of our solar system. — Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 9 June 2026 Sound of Falling, Mascha Schilinski’s experimental period drama tracing the lives of four young women from four different epochs in rural East Germany, swept the German Film Awards, the Lolas, winning 10 Lolas including best film and best director for Schilinski. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026 The connecting 18-mile Harmony-Preston Valley trail section traces a tributary to the Root River; trail markers tell of the area's environmental and cultural epochs. — Robin Pfeifer, Midwest Living, 23 Apr. 2026 Quiet luxury reigns supreme as the latter half of 2025 introduced one of Swift's sleeker epochs to date. — Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 16 Feb. 2026 Anna Margolin, a consummate modernist whose poems slide fluidly between genders, epochs, and literary traditions, has fared better than most. — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026 Del Toro provided rich historical context for the film, describing Stevens’ path through several epochs of filmmaking. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 19 Jan. 2026 These are epochs, an official scientific term for a measure of time—less than a period, more than an age. — B. R. Cohen, Longreads, 13 Jan. 2026

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However, its three questions asked whether people consider the chatbot a friend, are polite to it, and miss it after a few days.

— Pascal Vrticka, Scientific American, 4 Oct. 2026
On rainy days and sunny days alike, this is a worthwhile place to come nerd out.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Oct. 2026

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FluMist is also another option, which instead of injection form, is a live influenza vaccine nasal spray for people ages 2 to 49 years old and contains egg proteins.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
As soon as the actors share a frame, however, their ages exist within the fiction, allowing Maguire’s and Garfield’s Spider-Men to commiserate about back pain that the younger Holland’s Peter has yet to endure.

— Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of ages

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With the benefit of hindsight, music journalists are now waxing nostalgic about more recent eras.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 1 Oct. 2026
But still, the exhibition is the rare chance to view RM as a serious art collector; someone who values Korean identity in art but also loves works from many genres, eras and countries.

— Christine Terrisse, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of eras

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Disney Entertainment and Netflix have entered into an expansive new content licensing agreement, which will bring an eclectic mix of library titles and current-season TV shows to Netflix for varying periods of times.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 2 Oct. 2026
The decline has continued, with fewer murders recorded between January to March and April to June than in the same periods a year earlier.

— Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of periods

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Some experts point to worsening public health since the 2008 financial crisis, citing factors such as growing obesity, long hospital waiting times, the cost-of-living crisis and other social causes.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 4 Oct. 2026
Using accounting as an example, Ladish said the AI is given tens of thousands of accounting problems to solve through trial and error, repeating them millions of times across thousands of parallel training runs.

— James Cirrone, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026

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