noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be/mark the end of an era (= be the end of a period of time in history that is known for a particular event, or for particular qualities )
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The principal’s death marked the end of an era at the college.
Christian era
post-war period/years/era
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food rationing in the immediate post-war years
the modern age/era/period (= now, rather than in the past )
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In the modern age, television is the main means of mass communication.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
bygone
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One of the first examples of a curvilinear glasshouse, it stands as a reminder of bygone eras in Belfast's history.
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Miss Piggy, Kermit and the rest now come across as symbols of a bygone era .
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As centres of commerce, finance and fashion their buildings reflect the sardonic elegance of a bygone era .
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Since the reprise of coach John Robinson, who brought national championships in a different, bygone era .
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In a bygone era the postmen and staff of Frensham Post Office lined up for this photo call.
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I live part of my time in an imaginary bygone era .
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The wooden panelling and stained glass windows created a genteel air from a bygone era .
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Straus' style evokes a bygone era , her language lyric, her ruminations bittersweet and poetic.
colonial
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Largely established during the colonial era , it hardly changed at all after independence.
communist
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Still, his philosophy of government would not have been out of place in the Soviet Communist era .
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The retouched photograph became one of the icons of the Communist era .
different
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Evelyn was of a different era , a different breed.
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Since the reprise of coach John Robinson, who brought national championships in a different , bygone era .
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Surprisingly, although they were all different models from different eras , they had the same familiar feel about them.
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For him there was a time warp in which things from different eras overlapped.
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A leaden font stood before her, the dark, letter-ornamented metal speaking of another time, a different era .
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But although Shadwell saw himself as a follower of Ben Jonson, he was writing in a different era .
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It is interesting to ask whether the fine balance of acquiescence and participation has survived into a very different era .
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I was brought up in a different era where you had to entertain yourself.
early
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The telephones belong to an earlier era .
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Paychecks grew much faster in an earlier era , King said.
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In the late seventies and early eighties an era of public housing came to an end.
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Both of these topics lie in a future somewhat beyond the early lunar-base era covered in this chapter.
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It began long ago in the early Baroque era .
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Dad would come out with a word like that sometimes, as though he were still a teenager in some earlier era .
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BIn an earlier era , such a message would have been interpreted as having religious meaning.
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All too often, our images of the United States lag behind the reality, reflect an earlier era .
edwardian
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The most interesting writer is Kenneth McConkey who deals with the Edwardian era .
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Those in steerage tend to be forgotten, said Whitcomb, as do most people without money in the Edwardian era .
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In the Edwardian era , with company revenues falling, the companies began to cultivate the suburban commuter.
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Fashions come and fashions go, but one style repeating itself with enormous popularity is that of the Edwardian era .
golden
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One man stands out as the architect of the Midland's golden era: Sir Edward Holden.
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Sensing the audience craving for that golden era , the band played it up.
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It aims to raise money and interest in the craft from that golden era of aviation.
industrial
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Worn-out truck tyres stacked in heaps announce the arrival in the village of the industrial era .
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The pursuit of control that characterized the sixties was consistent with the hierarchical organizations of the late industrial era .
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During the industrial era , our political system evolved to respond to the needs of a mass society.
modern
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Here, then, at the opening of the modern era , we have a quite well developed doctrine of popular sovereignty.
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I prefer a rendezvous without any reminders of the modern era at all, but there can be some leeway.
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And, in this modern era , the squad sessions are not restricted to instruction on technique.
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In a sense, the modern era of fusion research dates from that measurement in 1969.
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Carl Lewis of the modern era has won eight.
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In the modern era , players of their calibre would surely have followed the professional trail.
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In the modern era , most families must send both parents into the workforce to make ends meet.
new
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To thrive in this new era , many law firms also merged.
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Karsten shifts in his seat to signal a new era .
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A new survey released this week suggests just how necessary that new era may be.
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In addition to inaugurating a new era of news, PointCast is pioneering an innovative way to advertise on the Net.
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The new era that's beginning now is one you will never want to end.
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De La Vina ushered in a new era for the agency here.
post
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His is one of the most highly individual voices of the post-Coltrane era and he is also an excellent composer.
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He has to extend and define what the New Democrat agenda means in the post-Clinton era .
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If this is the post-Clinton era , then the media, at least, are in deep-throated denial.
postwar
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It was a rare concession to the postwar era .
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Clinton is the sixth president of the postwar era to win election to the White House while already occupying the Oval Office.
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In the postwar era , government stimulus to industrial development failed to rescue the city.
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The vast majority of prints published during the postwar era were worked in a traditionally realist manner.
soviet
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The previous year, four of the six novels on the short list were about growing up in the Soviet era .
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Still, his philosophy of government would not have been out of place in the Soviet Communist era .
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He began his own climb to the top in the Soviet era as an engineer-manager.
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The press learned to tread carefully on the subject of their leaders' health during the Soviet era .
victorian
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That Angus Wilson respected the baggy monsters of the Victorian era is unquestionable.
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Skirt lengths rose again, but dropped quickly by the end of the 1800s in the Victorian era .
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Costing about £150,000, the exhibition traces the development of trams in towns and cities throughout Britain from the Victorian era .
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The Victorian era comes down to us today mired in images of distance and reserve.
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The Castillane Restaurant, four bars, all of which recapture the splendour of the Victorian era .
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Photography not only developed in the Victorian era but was also implicitly caught up in nineteenth-century interests and attitudes.
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The fashion for black and white dates from the Victorian era .
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At the beginning of the Victorian era , family property usually meant land.
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war
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Analysis of contemporary processes, however, necessitates consideration of the past, in particular the Cold War era .
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Its front-line position in the Cold War era was of no importance by 1991.
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The aim was to restore as far as was practically possible the conditions of the pre-First World War era .
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We are now some seven years into the post-Cold War era .
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The post-second world war era has been dominated by the presence of commerce and government on the global scene.
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The Whigs splintered over slavery in the pre-Civil War era and never again got their act together.
■ VERB
begin
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They have been ready for two seasons to turn the page and begin a new era without him.
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Actually, his term began with an era of good feeling.
beginning
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This literature marks a turning-point, the beginning of a new era .
end
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It ended an era born from drug smuggling.
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But the era of national economic regulation is ending and the era of global economic regulation is not yet here.
enter
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Perhaps we have entered an era of permanent war.
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The nation was at a critical turning point, self-consciously entering a new era .
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We have entered a new era with new dangers.
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We are entering an era of distance and diversity on a global scale.
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Nevertheless, the deals were applauded by commentators who believed the Midland was entering a new era as an international bank.
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We are now entering the era of strict personal accountability, value for money, and survival of the fittest.
live
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Now I know that we live in a wonderful era where you can change your life script.
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Alan was a kind of unflinching coward who lived into an era of absolute cowards.
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We live in an era of breathtaking change.
usher
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However, the landslide victory for reformist political leader president Khatami in 1997 has ushered in a new era of liberalism.
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De La Vina ushered in a new era for the agency here.
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Perhaps his demise through age, ill-health or death might usher in an era of political instability.
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Her company ushered in a new era of Wrapmania in 1953 by marketing Saran Wrap.
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The bitterness of their recent exchanges has ushered in a new era of ecumenical dialogue.
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Thus was ushered in the era of management in the development game.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
bygone age/era/days etc
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Bundles of papers and piles of books guarded secrets from a bygone age.
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He had impeccable manners that somehow always reminded you of an older, bygone age.
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In bygone days the Arms Park had an almost mystical quality for them.
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In bygone days, both railroad and stagecoach deposited visitors in nearby Point Reyes Station.
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Miss Piggy, Kermit and the rest now come across as symbols of a bygone era.
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One of the first examples of a curvilinear glasshouse, it stands as a reminder of bygone eras in Belfast's history.
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Since the reprise of coach John Robinson, who brought national championships in a different, bygone era.
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They appear now to be products of a bygone age.
new life/day/era
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A new life began for the and for many.
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After an experience like that, each new day you are granted has a special meaning.
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Her new life in London had become tainted with the deaths of adoring males.
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Of course it did herald a new era ... in the second division.
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The new era of riots overlapped the nonviolent phase of the black liberation struggle.
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The nation was at a critical turning point, self-consciously entering a new era.
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This is our new life, beginning today.
the Christian era
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a new era of global cooperation
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an exciting era in technological sophistication
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archaeological remains dating from the late Roman era
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During the McCarthy era , hundreds of innocent US citizens were persecuted for their beliefs.
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The treaty marks the dawn of a new era in East--West relations.
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We live in an era of breathtaking change.
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When Charles De Gaulle died, it seemed like the end of an era .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And, in this modern era , the squad sessions are not restricted to instruction on technique.
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But that philosophy has its attractions in eras of unsettling change.
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Clinton is the sixth president of the postwar era to win election to the White House while already occupying the Oval Office.
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Finally, internet businesses are moving into an era where their lengthening track record means they can be analysed alongside conventional companies.
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For its era , indeed for any era, the composition is bold in its division.
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Glenn Ferguson - staying put A new era is dawning at Strabane cricket club.
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Likewise, during the frigid eras of ice sheet advances, numerous brief episodes of extreme warming occurred.