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era

[eer-uh, er-uh] / ˈɪər ə, ˈɛr ə /


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In our era, that is what laws like the Presidential Records Act make possible.

From Salon • Apr. 17, 2026

Kennedy did not discuss his vaccine agenda, instead focusing on "ending the era of federal policies that fuelled the chronic disease epidemic" in the US.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Hastings’s departure marks an end of an era for Netflix, which under his leadership transformed from a DVD-by-mail business to a juggernaut in subscription video streaming that disrupted Hollywood.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

In the final Top 10 hit of Bieber’s EDM era, a pleading tenderness in the singer’s vocals cuts appealingly against DJ Snake’s strobing Sahara Tent beat.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

It was the essential precondition for the new era of intellectual revolution, for it is a necessary concept which any society that saw itself as improving knowledge would have to develop.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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