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- noun
- /ˈɛpək/
- Whenever the historian of my generation delves into this epoch, he encounters his own present.
- an epoch of civilization
- the present epoch
- modern epoch
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Watch on YouTubeAnd the point is we have these different epochs in our life, right?
- And the point is we have these different epochs in our life, right?
- The separation of then and now was real, each epoch real.
- This is now our challenge in this epoch of our of history and of our lives.
- Of course, I mean, different epoch, different periods, we have different struggles.
- Like how did you cope with this and transition out of this sort of epoch of your life?
- And the Iranians, we're the Persians, the biggest conquerors of their, of their epoch.
- And it's going to it's some so I've sort of claimed that they've been sort of four epochs in the history of making models of things.
- But I let out a shout when they said these scissors will rewrite the code of life and change science into a new epoch.
- Writing is perhaps the greatest of human inventions, binding together people who never knew each other, citizens of distant epochs.
- Truth told, these epochs and these rest periods do not need to be exact.
- Sorrowful cup of tear stained winter, end of an epoch after the end of an error.
- OK, own news, whatever, whatever the other, whatever the other epoch, you know, whatever, whatever it is.
- And the breakdown becomes the breakdown becomes the epoch, the language, the cultural tapestry from which it's echoing, if you will.
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For her, moving to a new city marked the beginning of an exciting epoch in her life.
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The construction of golf courses during this epoch reflected both national and international political and economic situations.
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This is now our challenge in this epoch of our of history and of our lives.
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The epoch of the picture palace.
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The separation of then and now was real, each epoch real.
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It'll mark the beginning of a new epoch in medical science.
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The period 1914-1945 is instructive; so too is the epoch of Rome's decline.
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The invention of the internet ushered in a new epoch in global communication.
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Historians often debate the significance of the Industrial Revolution as an epoch that transformed society.
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- Specialized
A period in Earth's history about 56 to 34 million years ago when many modern mammals appear
- Specialized
A time about 23 to 5 million years ago when many animals began eating grass
- Specialized
A time in Earth's history that began about 11,700 years ago and continues now
- Specialized
A time about 34 to 23 million years ago when the climate cooled and many modern mammals appeared
- Specialized
A time 66 to 56 million years ago after the dinosaurs died when early mammals and birds first appeared
- Specialized
A period about 5.3 to 2.6 million years ago when the climate cooled, mountains rose, and mammals spread
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Etymology
The word epoch comes from the Greek epokhē, which meant 'a pause' or 'a fixed point in time'. So an epoch is a clear period in history or a person's life marked by important events.