Sentences with phrase «year dot»

The phrase "year dot" refers to a time so long ago that it is difficult to determine the exact year. It is often used to emphasize that something has been happening since the very beginning or for a very long time. Full definition
Come on — it has been like that for all fans since year dot.
Seven postseason teams from last year dot the schedule, including five in the first nine matches.
Take the time to turn off the highway into the main street and explore the shops many of which have been there since year dot.
After 12 long years dotted by numerous setbacks and progress, meetings with public officials, local fishermen and scientists, community rallies, and petitions to the Scottish parliament, Wood celebrated the establishment of the NTZ in 2008.
After 12 long years dotted by numerous setbacks and progress, meetings with public officials, local fishermen and scientists, community rallies, and petitions to the Scottish parliament, Howard Wood celebrated the establishment of the No Take Zone in Lamlash Bay in 2008.
This was the beginning of the 5 - year dot - com bubble.)
On topic — there have been poor referees and poor refereeing decisions in football from the year dot.
How get a boyfriend is a subject that must have occupied many girl's minds since the year dot.
Mismatched buddy movies have been a constant staple of Hollywood since the year dot and Shane Black's 1987 hit Lethal Weapon is still pretty much the benchmark to which all others adhere to, the stars in perfect alignment with regards to script, actors and direction.
You see, in addition to the standard - issue torch that has featured in just about every horror game since the year dot, Juliette can also use a stereo microphone which if you've ever seen The Conjuring is probably the most terrifying item you could probably ever have when you're falling about in the gloom.
That was the year Dot Earth moved to the Opinion section (I had left the news staff to teach at Pace University).
There's the Andrew Neal hiatus which fits something like a rolling 5 - year average temperature (usually with great imprecision) and declares the hiatus started in the year dot.
To make the story very short (and indeed it went on more and more and more and almost lead the mild mannered T to close up the comments) Svalgaard propounds (go read Tamino) that there is no difference in solar insolation between solar cycle minima extending back to the year dot, and the year dot includes our beloved Maunder minima.
You won't be surprised to find that a number of these elements — visualization and emotion particularly — feature in a technique called the Memory Palace used since the year dot for memorizing a large number of things, be they words, names, dates, whatever.
One reason, I guess, is that I've been taught and brought up since the year dot to be useful.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS ® figures show a strong annual increase in sales in the decade from 1996 to 2005, with a slight dip in 2000, the year the dot - com bubble burst.
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