modernity

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Recent Examples of modernity With a subtle coastal pattern, this quilt adds a touch of beachside coziness and modernity to your bedroom. Brandi Fuller, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 June 2026 That sense of modernity has sometimes felt absent from the movies’ sweetly old-fashioned world, which features pull-string cowboy dolls and a shiny spaceman action figure. David Sims, The Atlantic, 19 June 2026 The asymmetry gives a classic look some modernity and interest without breaking any royal protocols. Marci Robin, Allure, 17 June 2026 In early modernity, women were the keepers of this obsessive temporality of attention—of the current of time that flows beneath event, beneath change. Literary Hub, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for modernity
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Noun
  • The dish is finished with some smoky crunch from bacon and freshness from scallions, which both keep it from tasting too heavy.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Follow the package instructions when buying pre-packaged spinach to wash and store for freshness.
    Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 3 July 2026
Noun
  • Requirements are the key element of a NASA planning document like this, the bureaucratic currency by which NASA buys off on the safety of a spacecraft, such as the amount of habitable volume the agency requires.
    Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 10 July 2026
  • Merzbacher, who generated his fortune through a fur business and currency trading, gained many of the artworks in his possession through his grandfather-in-law, Bernhard Mayer.
    Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 10 July 2026

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“Modernity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/modernity. Accessed 11 Jul. 2026.

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