Phrases with «epoch»

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Epoch refers to a specific period of time that marks a significant change or event. It is often used to describe a new era, important moment, or beginning of something important. Full definition

Sentences with «epoch»

  • Sand layers deposited in a near - coastal cave — neatly demarcated by bat droppings — tell of epochs of frequent tsunamis separated by long periods of quiescence. (sciencemag.org)
  • «Maybe we are facing a new and different kind of epoch in the church's history where Christianity will be characterized more by the mustard seed, where it will exist in small, seemingly insignificant groups that nonetheless live an intensive struggle against evil and bring the good into the world - that let God in,» he told Peter Seewald in an interview for the book, «Salt of the Earth: Christianity and the Catholic Church at the End of the Millenium.» (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
  • The international working group, which includes geologists Jan Zalasiewicz, Mark Williams and Colin Waters, from the University of Leicester's School of Geography, Geology and the Environment and archaeologist Matt Edgeworth has, since 2009, been analysing the case for formalisation of the Anthropocene, a potential new epoch of geological time dominated by overwhelming human impact on the Earth. (www2.le.ac.uk)
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