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Recent Examples of dark age
Exiled by Emperor Cleon XII (a magnificent Lee Pace) to the remote planet of Terminus, Seldon plans to establish a Foundation dedicated to shortening the coming dark age with his disciples, including Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell).
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David Faris, theweek, 24 Apr. 2024
Their report, published late last year in the IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, found no evidence that the inverter invasion is plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
This could make October 7 the beginning of a dark age in Israel’s history—one characterized by more and growing violence.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
There’s no evidence that inverters are plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
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David Faris, theweek, 24 Apr. 2024
Their report, published late last year in the IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, found no evidence that the inverter invasion is plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
This could make October 7 the beginning of a dark age in Israel’s history—one characterized by more and growing violence.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
There’s no evidence that inverters are plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
See all Example Sentences for dark age
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dark age
Noun
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View of the central business district skyline at sunset in Beijing, China.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
2 Feb. 2025
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Look for it, as well as Saturn, just above the western horizon after sunset.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Feb. 2025
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Trump has ordered his administration to maximize water flows from the delta and expedite potential exemptions to the Endangered Species Act, allowing the Bureau of Reclamation to send more water southward without concern for habitat degradation.—
Bloomberg,
The Mercury News,
30 Jan. 2025
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When left unchecked, mass tourism can cause environmental and cultural degradation, displace locals, and strain infrastructure and resources.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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The deterioration of Drake and LeBron James’ friendship appears to be part of the fallout from the Drizzy and Kendrick Lamar feud.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
5 Feb. 2025
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The company is seeing signs of rapid deterioration of its capital structure, according to the letter sent to Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara by Dan Krause, State Farm’s president and chief executive officer.—
Pat Maio,
Orange County Register,
3 Feb. 2025
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Van Bronckhorst, who had taken over two months earlier, did not hold as much power over recruitment as Steven Gerrard did after arriving in 2018 with the club at a low ebb.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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Even some of the staunchest Cold War hawks were arguing then that nuclear weapons were obsolete in a world where superpower competition was at a low ebb and leaders were more concerned about terrorists getting their hands on a loose nuke than a state deliberately using one.—
Joshua Keating,
Vox,
15 Jan. 2025
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The Dodgers didn’t have any pitcher eclipse 150 innings last year.—
Jack Harris,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Saint Andrews will be one of the best places on the planet to witness the eclipse.—
Sandra MacGregor,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Schematic plot aside, Gigolo succeeds as a profile of a pleasure provider whose generosity masks a thin veneer of loneliness, and Gere persuasively sells his character’s devolution from desirable man to out-of-work prostitute after his fancy clients hang him out to dry. 6.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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This phenomenon will begin to impact chronic disease management and progressively more complex conditions and will accelerate devolution of care and responsibility for many conditions to the patient — who is often best placed to understand their own health.—
Melissa Rudy,
Fox News,
31 Dec. 2024
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The minimum size of a white dwarf is controlled by something called electron degeneracy pressure.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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Their spinsterhood took on an ominous cast, their celibacy no longer evidence of pure, Christian love, but now suggestive of physical, emotional, and intellectual degeneracy.—
Natalie Kinkade,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2024
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These issues, now understood as symptoms of EDS, were caused by the disorder's impact on connective tissues, leading to joint instability and degeneration over time.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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During the ruckus, Blake is gashed by the beast, beginning his gradual transformation and degeneration into a Wolf Man.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Dark age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20age. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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