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epoch

[ep-uhk, ee-pok] / ˈɛp ək, ˈi pɒk /
NOUN
period
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But for Icelanders, whose connection to glaciers is ancient and mythic, our human epoch has become an extended hospice for the landscape of their lives.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

Six, five and four minutes on the clock and Hearts were winning the league, smashing to smithereens that established order; history-makers, epoch definers.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

This site dates back between 11 million and 16 million years to the Miocene epoch, a period when many modern plants and animals first appeared.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

So how should investors position themselves for this new, problematic epoch?

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

He conceded that the era of the American Revolution had been “a memorable epoch in the annals of the human race,” but the jury was still out on its significance.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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