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Recent Examples of dark age
This could make October 7 the beginning of a dark age in Israel’s history—one characterized by more and growing violence.
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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
Another aspect of this new digital dark age comes from not being able to see what others are doing.
—Gina Neff, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
Retinoids may smoothen fine lines, wrinkles, and even dark age spots.
—Hallie Gould, Health, 25 Nov. 2023
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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
Another aspect of this new digital dark age comes from not being able to see what others are doing.
—Gina Neff, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2024
Retinoids may smoothen fine lines, wrinkles, and even dark age spots.
—Hallie Gould, Health, 25 Nov. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dark age
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Shots of a lioness silhouetted against a sunset and trees silhouetted against a stormy sky are very detailed; the contours of the lioness and both the texture and color of leaves and bark on the trees come through without looking blown out.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Think about the jackass, who probably isn’t enjoying a stunning pink-purple sunset.Tim Zientek, The New Yorker, 5 Nov. 2024
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Pumping to supply farms and cities has contributed to the ecological degradation of the Delta, where fish populations have suffered declines in recent years.Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
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Even slightly warm bread will produce condensation within its packaging, which leads to instant quality degradation and faster spoilage.Darcy Lenz, Southern Living, 20 Nov. 2024
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Depreciation of revenue earning vehicles and lease charges, net increased significantly to $937 million from $501 million in the previous year, due to deterioration in residual values and decreased holding periods.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 12 Nov. 2024
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On Saturday, jurors sat through hours of silent footage showing Allen's mental deterioration at Westville.Ron Wilkins, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Nov. 2024
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The Jewish state’s relations with US President Joe Biden’s White House, its most important ally, are at their lowest ebb in a generation.Nic Robertson, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024
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Trust from many supporters is at a low ebb and not simply because of the chaotic feel of the past two years or the sheer, dizzying number of professional footballers Chelsea now employ.Liam Twomey, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
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Kill off Sasha’s aunt and see the eclipse from her own backyard.Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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The eclipse lasted about 30 seconds, which makes the minutes-long solar eclipses seen from Earth seem epic — but the events are comparatively brief on Mars because Phobos is about 157 times smaller in diameter than Earth’s moon, according to NASA.Ashley Strickland, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024
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Maybe the game won't sync across platforms, and the impedance of having to start all over will be enough to prevent notable devolution.Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 5 Sep. 2024
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Stan shows us that devolution with a careful precision, forgoing imitation for a true embodiment.Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Sep. 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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America, Where the Dogs Don’t Bark and the Birds Don’t Sing The Comte de Buffon's thirty-six volume Natural History claimed that America was a land of degeneracy.JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
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That’s the news out of Oxford University, where a recent study found that there are at least 15 modifiable lifestyle factors that contribute to the acceleration of brain degeneration.Alessandra Signorelli, Vogue, 1 Oct. 2024
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Conventional cotton farming leads to soil degeneration due to intensive use of pesticides and contributes to climate irregularities.Judith Magyar, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Dark age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20age. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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