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Yuga

American  
[yoog-uh] / ˈjʊg ə /

noun

Hinduism.
  1. an age of time.

  2. any of four ages, the Satya, the Treta, the Dvapara, and the Kali, each worse than the last, forming a cycle due to begin again when the Kali has come to an end.


Yuga British  
/ ˈjʊɡə /

noun

  1. (in Hindu cosmology) one of the four ages of mankind, together lasting over 4 million years and marked by a progressive decline in the vitality and morals of men

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of Yuga

Borrowed into English from Sanskrit around 1775–85

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Last month Yuga Labs - the creators of the talismanic Bored Ape NFTs - announced an unspecified number of redundancies.

From BBC Nov. 9, 2023

A spokeswoman for Yuga Labs said the company had “never paid a celebrity to join the club.”

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2023

“It seems like they’ve compromised a lot of stuff,” said Sam Curry, an engineer with Yuga Labs who communicated with the hacker.

From Seattle Times Sep. 15, 2022

According to MTV News itself, the network partnered with Yuga Labs to bring the song to the awards ceremony.

From Slate Aug. 29, 2022

The trail was distinctly that of snowshoes, and it led away toward the Yuga River.

From The Snowshoe Trail by Edison Marshall

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