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
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.
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Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026
The new finding, however, seems to push the universe’s earliest epochs of galaxy formation even further back than astronomers had once thought.
—Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 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
Climate operates on the scale of decades, centuries, millennia, and epochs.
—New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2026
The new finding, however, seems to push the universe’s earliest epochs of galaxy formation even further back than astronomers had once thought.
—Jenna Ahart, Scientific American, 30 Apr. 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
Climate operates on the scale of decades, centuries, millennia, and epochs.
—New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochs
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The realization that the controversy over Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses broke out in England just a few days after The Last Temptation of Christ came out joined those narratives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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News of the vandalism comes just days before election day on June 2.—
Jasmine Mendez
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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For children ages four and up, there’s the Adventure Zone kids club with indoor slides and arts and crafts, while fish feeding and guided nature walks happen at the Eco Centre.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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PwC’s 2026 Alpha Survey found that 97% of kids ages 7-14 make purchasing decisions independently at least some of the time, with 61% pointing to social media as the main driver of their buying decisions, outpacing peer influence and significantly surpassing traditional channels like TV advertising.—
Brieane Olson,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
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And there were the Joe Philbin, Adam Gase, Brian Flores and Mike McDaniel eras, or errors, none of which had the success of Wannstedt.—
Omar Kelly,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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The common thread across these eras is stark economic inequality.—
Sarita Gupta,
Time,
2 June 2026
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San Diego’s measure provides several exemptions, among them disaster periods when a home is uninhabitable, circumstances where the owner is in long-term care, financial hardship following the death of an owner, qualifying military service, and use of the home for whole-home short-term rentals.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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Long-term care insurance is designed to help cover services that traditional health insurance and Medicare generally do not pay for over extended periods.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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In that loss, USC stranded 13 runners, struck out 12 times and left men in scoring position in each of the first seven innings.—
Jose de Jesus Ortiz,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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The party at Chandler Stadium quickly turned sour, the fun times suppressed by the possibility of a special Georgia Tech season ending in the NCAA regionals again.—
Michael Cunningham,
AJC.com,
1 June 2026
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“Epochs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochs. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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