modernity
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An inside student might say that prisons in eastern Oregon used to be mental institutions and Army barracks; an outside student might speak about modernity and the need for discipline and control under capitalism.
From Slate ● May 27, 2026
Ivorians need to put African heritage first and stop trying to "catch up with Western modernity", he added.
From Barron's ● Feb. 20, 2026
When asked about it at a press briefing earlier this month, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Lin Jian said a "unique blend of history and modernity" is making China increasingly appealing to foreigners.
From BBC ● Feb. 14, 2026
The development of modernity, then, consists in increasingly detailed maps of the undiscovered continent that Machiavelli perceived only in part.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
What Voltaire was to France, Franklin was to America, the symbol of mankind’s triumphal arrival at modernity.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
In it, he seemed to shove fiction abruptly in the direction of the 21st century, describing humans as they muddled through overwhelming modernities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Do you find that they are incorporating a lot of modern techniques or modernities in general into the etiquette rules now?
From Slate ● May 2, 2017
The combination was surprisingly good, with the stark modernities of “Limen” set against the lush romanticism of “Marguerite” and the vaguely mystical rites of “Requiem.”
From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2011
The singing alternated between hummable melodies and tricky modernities.
From Time Magazine Archive
In England she lapsed sufficiently from the rigid Salem standard to adopt a timid compromise; in Scotland we coaxed her into still further modernities, until now she is completely enfranchised.
From Penelope's Irish Experiences by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
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