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
Quiet luxury reigns supreme as the latter half of 2025 introduced one of Swift's sleeker epochs to date.
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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
The building trains you to think in epochs and extinction events, not hemlines or handwork.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
In a recent statement, Duncan Astle, a professor of neuroinformatics at Cambridge and a co-author of the study, said these epochs of brain development may mirror how humans experience changes over time.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025
Yet Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes, among others, insisted that Brown, whose archaic-modern style telescopes entire epochs into a few flinty lines, belongs among the major twentieth-century bards.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
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
The building trains you to think in epochs and extinction events, not hemlines or handwork.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 30 Dec. 2025
In a recent statement, Duncan Astle, a professor of neuroinformatics at Cambridge and a co-author of the study, said these epochs of brain development may mirror how humans experience changes over time.
—Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 25 Nov. 2025
Yet Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes, among others, insisted that Brown, whose archaic-modern style telescopes entire epochs into a few flinty lines, belongs among the major twentieth-century bards.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochs
Noun
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As a girl, the narrator lived on the island with her father, a marine biologist, and spent many of her days in the ocean with her best friend, Arielle, luxuriating in the semi-wilderness.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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The pitch off the hand came two days after Trout was hit in the shoulder by a 95 mph pitch from Seattle right-hander Bryan Woo.—
Doug Padilla,
Oc Register,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In Windsor, George, Charlotte and Louis, the grandchildren of King Charles III, live a relatively quiet life, attending Lambrook School, a prep school for children ages 3-13.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 Apr. 2026
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In fact, a 2025 CDC report showed that the number of births among women ages 35 to 39 has nearly doubled since 1990, and for the first time, in 2023, more babies were born to women aged 40 and over than to teens.—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
6 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Earth’s tectonics, volcanism, oceans, atmosphere and life have all erased the geological records of the planet’s earliest eras.—
Robin George Andrews,
Scientific American,
7 Apr. 2026
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Shail Deep, chief operating officer for EMEA and APAC at global data and technology company Experian, highlights three distinct eras of risk attitude in just the past 20 years.—
Francesca Cassidy,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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During these periods, traditionally no meat or dairy is consumed.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Apr. 2026
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Connor Ingram made eight saves on 10 shots in two periods for Edmonton.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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What Alkassar, who lives on South Beach, does hope to do is lure not only Miami Beach residents and tourists but locals who have in recent times proved reluctant to cross the bridges from the mainland.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Its short half-life, however, required it to be injected several times a day, which limited its appeal as a drug, and the company ran out of funding.—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026
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“Epochs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochs. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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