Thesaurus results for ERAS

eras

noun

plural of era

as in ages

an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing the introduction of the mass production of cars on an assembly line ushered in the era of the automobile

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Recent Examples of eras English football clubs have experienced eras under the control of local businessmen turned millionaires. — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026 As immigrant Catholics were being demonized, echoing previous eras of American history, too many Catholics sided with the demonizers. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Today, advanced democracies around the world need to give serious attention to institutional rebirth—rebuilding state agencies into departments of now, unencumbered by people, precepts, and processes of past eras. — Jennifer Pahlka, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026 That’s a big part of its appeal within the broader maximalist movement, where mixing eras and styles is the point. — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 17 Aug. 2026 Chinese researchers have presented a new map of the moon, updating a previous edition based on new scientific findings and recalibrating the moon's ancient geologic eras. — Andrew Jones, Space.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Accordingly, Daytrip created a subtle dialogue between eras, textures, and materials within the home. — Nicolas Milon, Architectural Digest, 15 Aug. 2026 Inequality has accelerated at an ever-growing pace, blowing past that of any previous eras, including the Gilded Age. — Literary Hub, 14 Aug. 2026 Mainstream pop has spent years mining this and similar eras, most visibly in the neon synth-pop of the Weeknd and the disco revival around Dua Lipa. — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026

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Noun

The emphasis on age-appropriate products could explain the mixed reaction to Shay Mitchell’s Rini, a skin care line developed for kids ages 4 and up, which launched with sheet masks.

— Faye Brookman, Footwear News, 21 Aug. 2026
In 2024, women ages 40 and older had the highest rate of gestational hypertension among the age groups studied, according to the new report.

— Faye Chiu, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of ages

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The plant, which has not been identified for security reasons, was forced to close for four days because of the infiltration, the report said.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
To learn how a memory that can last for years can sit on hardware that shifts every few days, Tanaka’s team made the shift a bit more dramatic.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of days

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Indeed, the broad backlash against Flock has grown so strong that the surveillance company last week announced mandatory new audit controls and lower default data retention periods for US users.

— Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 17 Aug. 2026
The two signals were observed together during flaring periods, while LHAASO detected no corresponding signal when the GeV emission became quiet.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of periods

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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, 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

Definition of epochs

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Titan’s nitrogen-rich atmosphere is four times denser than Earth’s, allowing the car-sized Dragonfly drone’s eight rotors to easily fly between promising landing sites every Titan day (16 Earth days) to collect and study samples.

— Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Only Middlesbrough made their regains higher upfield, on average, and Coventry caught opponents offside 136 times last campaign — the most since Barnsley (144) and Bournemouth (143) four seasons ago.

— Liam Tharme, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

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