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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
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
As the tilt lessens, the ice retreats again, carving and refilling terrain in rhythmic cycles that mirror Earth's own glacial epochs.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 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
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
As the tilt lessens, the ice retreats again, carving and refilling terrain in rhythmic cycles that mirror Earth's own glacial epochs.
—Samantha Mathewson, Space.com, 14 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for epochs
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The busiest week on the NFL calendar is officially in the rearview mirror, as the Dallas Cowboys have returned home from the NFL Scouting Combine after a bustling few days in downtown Indianapolis.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
2 Mar. 2026
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The impact on aviation is expected to be felt for at least the next few days.—
Karla Cripps,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Officials have not released the identities or ages of the two people killed or the 14 people injured.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
2 Mar. 2026
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Yet only about a third of adults ages 45 to 49 are up to date on colorectal cancer screening, the report found.—
Dr. Ishani D. Premaratne,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
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Across cultures and eras, the Moon has symbolized constancy, the comforting cycle of tides, months, fertility, and agriculture.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
2 Mar. 2026
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In terms of eveningwear, there was a sense of nocturnal nostalgia — designers looked at nightlife dressing from bygone eras and reimagined it for today — and, in several instances, showed it against a techno soundtrack.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
2 Mar. 2026
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For older children, napping may reflect individual sleep needs, efforts to make up for shorter nighttime sleep or structured rest periods in after-school programs.—
Lily Hautau,
CNN Money,
5 Mar. 2026
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Dozens of college sports reform bills have been introduced in Congress over the past six years—during periods when both parties controlled the White House and Congress—and none has advanced.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
4 Mar. 2026
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Between 1963 and 1976, Khamenei was arrested seven times and spent a total of three years in prison before being sentenced to a sort of internal exile in Iranshahr in the far southeastern corner of the country.—
DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE STAFF FROM WIRE REPORTS,
Arkansas Online,
2 Mar. 2026
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As officers told the man to drop the knife several times, three police officers fired shots, striking the man.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Epochs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/epochs. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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