to herald a new era
- idiom
- This slew of discoveries and dramatic pronouncements heralds a new era in German archaeology.
Examples
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At the signing ceremony for the mayoral-control bill in June 2002, Bloomberg heralded a new era of accountability.
Academic text (2011) -
The discovery of the Higgs boson heralds a new era in particle physics.
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It will herald a new era of Mars research.
Blog text (6) -
Latin America's turn away from statist governments toward democratic practices and free markets heralds a new era south of the United States.
Academic text (1995) -
This could herald a new era of government intrusion into First Amendment liberties formerly prohibited under Sherbert.
Academic text (1990) -
"Solar power will become the world's greatest energy source in our lifetime, heralding a new era of sustainable and 'democratic' energy supply," says Philip Wolfe, chairman of the cooperative.
Blog text (22) -
Indeed, Gorbachev's pressure on Angola to come to an agreement with South Africa in 1988 heralded a new era in which Moscow and Washington (and now Paris) were willing to let old allies, who had previously received significant aid, twist in the wind.
Academic text (1992) -
Curtailing their use, if not discarding them altogether, would herald a new era in foreign policy—one both more ambitious and, ultimately, more successful.
Academic text (2009) -
These procedures, including single lung (n = 15), double lung (n = 8), and heart-lung (n = 8) transplants, have heralded a new era in the management of end-stage lung disease (Cooper, 1987).
Academic text (1990) -
The launch of the new smartphone could herald a new era in technology innovation.
Synonyms
To start something new, like a new era or event
Show that something important is coming
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Morphology
The meaning 'to announce or signal the beginning of a period of major change' is directly compositional from 'herald' (to publicly announce or foreshadow) plus 'a new era' (the start of a significant period). This is a straightforward verb + noun-phrase combination that follows normal English composition patterns and would be inferable to a B1 learner who knows the constituent words.
Etymology
The verb herald a new era comes from old messengers called heralds who rode into towns and blew trumpets to announce a king or a big event. So, to herald a new era means to 'announce' or 'show the start' of a big change.