florescence
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of florescence
1785–95; < Latin flōrēsc ( ēns ) (present participle of flōrēscere to begin blooming, inchoative derivative of flōrēre to bloom, derivative of flōs flower ) + -ence
Example Sentences
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Mr. Latham was a strapping Texan who first made his name on the East Coast in the 1970s, embarking on his magazine career when the movement known as New Journalism was in florescence.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2022
They in turn are part of a broader florescence of nature-writing in Britain led by Robert Macfarlane, whose book, “The Old Ways”, perambulates around the country’s ancient byways.
From Economist ● Jul. 5, 2018
After the ancestors of apes and monkeys split into two groups roughly 25 million years ago, apes underwent a remarkable florescence, evolving into more than 30 different types.
From Science Magazine ● Oct. 29, 2015
Behind this florescence of often-aggressive debate lies the pressure of decades of fast economic growth on the country’s rigid political framework, little changed since Mao’s day.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2011
But even if it happened, he told me, “The entire Maya florescence took place during a prolonged dry period.”
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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