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Recent Examples of dark age
Exiled by Emperor Cleon XII (a magnificent Lee Pace) to the remote planet of Terminus, Seldon plans to establish a Foundation dedicated to shortening the coming dark age with his disciples, including Gaal Dornick (Lou Llobell).
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David Faris, theweek, 24 Apr. 2024
Their report, published late last year in the IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, found no evidence that the inverter invasion is plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
This could make October 7 the beginning of a dark age in Israel’s history—one characterized by more and growing violence.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
There’s no evidence that inverters are plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
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David Faris, theweek, 24 Apr. 2024
Their report, published late last year in the IEEE Open Journal of Power Electronics, found no evidence that the inverter invasion is plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
This could make October 7 the beginning of a dark age in Israel’s history—one characterized by more and growing violence.
—Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 7 Feb. 2024
There’s no evidence that inverters are plunging civilization into a dystopian dark age.
—IEEE Spectrum, 14 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dark age
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How To See the Aurora To have the best chance of spotting the northern lights over this weekend—and, also, in general—the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recommends looking skyward either just after sunset, or just before sunrise.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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The four-planet lineup that began in January will conclude by mid-to-late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the sky each night after sunset, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
12 Feb. 2025
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The degradation of batteries is a challenge that bedevils all sorts of electronics.—
Asher Price,
Axios,
7 Feb. 2025
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However, over time and age, exposure to the sun and other environmental factors, heat styling, and chemical treatment can deplete the volume in the hair through degradation and damage.—
Molly Peck,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
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His environmental project launched the Institute’s research via an extensive study of the relationship between business practices and environmental deterioration.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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Shot over five tumultuous years, the film traces Noam’s journey in tandem with the region’s steady deterioration.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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But relations between the US and China, the world’s two most powerful nations, have sunk to their lowest ebb in decades, strained by spiraling competition over technology, military, geopolitics and more.—
Nectar Gan,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2025
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Van Bronckhorst, who had taken over two months earlier, did not hold as much power over recruitment as Steven Gerrard did after arriving in 2018 with the club at a low ebb.—
Jordan Campbell,
The Athletic,
22 Jan. 2025
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The exact times of the eclipse will depend on your location, so check the Time and Date site to find out.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
9 Jan. 2025
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Never miss a rocket launch, meteor shower, eclipse or other event that’s out of this world.—
Michael Roston,
New York Times,
1 Jan. 2025
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Schematic plot aside, Gigolo succeeds as a profile of a pleasure provider whose generosity masks a thin veneer of loneliness, and Gere persuasively sells his character’s devolution from desirable man to out-of-work prostitute after his fancy clients hang him out to dry. 6.—
Vikram Murthi,
Vulture,
21 Jan. 2025
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This phenomenon will begin to impact chronic disease management and progressively more complex conditions and will accelerate devolution of care and responsibility for many conditions to the patient — who is often best placed to understand their own health.—
Melissa Rudy,
Fox News,
31 Dec. 2024
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Abraham Lincoln no longer speaks for the Republican Party, nor possibly America, as the degeneracy into primitive violence has taken the nation by the throat from the Bully Pulpit down to the mass shootings in schools.—
Kary Love,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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The minimum size of a white dwarf is controlled by something called electron degeneracy pressure.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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While chubby cats may look cute, obesity can shorten their life and expose them to elevated risks of cancer, diabetes mellitus, heart disease and hypertension, osteoarthritis and faster degeneration of affected joints, urinary bladder stones, and anesthetic complications.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
Newsweek,
18 Dec. 2024
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These issues, now understood as symptoms of EDS, were caused by the disorder's impact on connective tissues, leading to joint instability and degeneration over time.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
18 Jan. 2025
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