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• In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.From the entry orbit
• Beethoven's "Razumovsky" Quartets, Op. 59, are considered by many to be the beginning of the Romantic era.From the entry opus
• In Europe in the era before modern electric vehicles, most cars had a stickshift.From the entry stickshift
• The Victorian era is a later period of English history than the Elizabethan era.From the entry later
• She gave $10 weekly to the poor as alms, in an era when $10 was serious money.From the entry alms
• The collapse of the gold standard brought about much of the economic turmoil of that era.From the entry bring about
• Boomers came of age in the era of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin.From the entry boomer
• A massive comet or asteroid appears to have ended the era of the dinosaurs.From the entry massive
• In the current era of global warming, Mount Kilimanjaro is no longer permanently snow-capped.From the entry snow-capped
• In that era, they powered their corn sheller and their thresher with a horse power.From the entry horse power
• Economic stress has devitalized some shopping malls in the web era.From the entry devitalize
• During the era of slavery, Southern antiliteracy laws prevented black people from learning to read.From the entry antiliteracy
• Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was one of the most popular actresses of the silent-film era.From the entry Theodosia
• I watched the futurous sun set before heading back to my era.From the entry futurous
• In that era, most of the equipment in this mine was run by donkey power.From the entry donkey power
• Poetry was a great convention of the Romantic era.From the entry great
• In that era, all their long, hard, dangerous labor in the mines barely earned them even enough to eat!From the entry earn
• It ushered in a whole new era.From the entry usher in
• Their photos from that era are all black and white.From the entry black and white
• The fossil record from this era is impoverished.From the entry impoverished
• Despite the lack of written records, we have dredged up a few flutters of information about that era of history.From the entry flutter
• There were hundreds of clockmakers in London during that era.From the entry clockmaker
• Like many men of that era and region, he wandered into the oilpatch and worked as a roustabout for a while.From the entry oilpatch
• The country is entering a postracial era.From the entry postracial
• Drinking alcohol was relegalized after the era of Prohibition.From the entry relegalize
• "American Yiddish commemorated this era of poor management with the term "kessel garten", meaning a crowded and disorderly place."From the entry kesselgarten
• Critics argued that the nation's complete elimination of corporate regulations had plunged it into an era of ultracapitalism.From the entry ultracapitalism
• The Renaissance was a golden era.From the entry golden
• In that era, all of the milling for this village was done in this mill by the aid of a horse engine.From the entry horse engine
• In eras when trade was largely by barter and taxes were usually paid in kind, moneyless transactions could constitute a large percentage of a national economy.From the entry moneyless
• In an era of access for all, it has seemed best to let sleeping definitions lie.2026 May 9, Hollis Robbins, “What does the "higher" in higher ed mean? AI is forcing the question”, in Anecdotal Value [Substack newsletter]. From the entry higher education
• “The ‘how dare you platform someone you disagree with’ era is over.2025 March 17, Andrew Marantz, quoting Tommy Vietor, “The Battle for the Bros”, in The New Yorker, →ISSN. From the entry platform
• His time in office so far has not, at least not yet, been the era of peace.2025 June 18, Zachary B. Wolf, quoting Donald Trump, “Trump promised a peacemaker presidency. What happened?”, in CNN, archived from the…. From the entry peacemaker
• To become one of the iconic models of the era, he felt she needed a new name.2025, Laurence Leamer, Warhol's Muses..., page 96. From the entry Nico
• Lee Chapman’s photographs document the scenes, signages and family businesses of the postwar Shōwa era Japan.2025 December 2, “The fading of Japan’s Shōwa era – in pictures”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry Shōwa
• Yaccarino, attempting to usher in a friendlier era, greets me warmly.2023 September 30, Hannah Murphy, “The wildest job in Silicon Valley”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times…. From the entry usher in
• The widespread use of subtitles felt, to me, like a lurch backward toward the silent-film era.2023 June 6, Devin Gordon, “Why Is Everyone Watching TV With the Subtitles On?”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 09 Jun 2023. From the entry doctrinaire
• This is the beginning of the end of the fossil fuel era.”2023 December 11, Fiona Harvey, Patrick Greenfield, Nina Lakhani, Adam Morton, Damian Carrington, quoting Mohamed Adow, “Cop28 draft…. From the entry beginning of the end
• And before the work-from-home era, networks were conscious of the “water-cooler effect” in offices.2023 July 10, James Poniewozik, “The Twitter Watch Party Is Over”, in The New York Times. From the entry water cooler effect

Meaning of era

1. noun A time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.
2. noun A geochronologic unit of tens to hundreds of millions of years; a subdivision of an eon, and subdivided into periods.
3. noun An indefinite period of time in one’s life characterized by a particular interest.

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Questions about era in a sentence

How do you use era in a sentence?

Era is used as a noun. For example: “In the post WWII era, several eastern European countries came into the orbit of the Soviet Union.”

What is a short sentence with era?

“The Renaissance was a golden era.”

What does era mean?

Era means a time period of indeterminate length, generally more than one year.