era
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pluralof era.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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By measuring that shift, astronomers can study hydrogen from different eras in cosmic history.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 9, 2026
This “doesn’t mean nothing works. It just means different things work” in different eras.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
Try saying “Tú creías que eras imprescindible” five times fast and in key.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
“The Song of Stork and Dromedary” draws on the lives of Charlotte and Emily Brontë, but expands outward in a profusion of linked stories that leap over eras and continents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Others divide the Precambrian into two eras, the very ancient Archean and the more recent Proterozoic.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
