the Ice Age
noun
: the most recent time in the past when a large part of the world was covered with ice
a valley formed during the Ice Age
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What this tells us is that human presence in high-altitude open areas during the Ice Age was not just a possibility, but a reality.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2025
If what Josef tells us is right, this forest has been speaking more or less like this for tens of thousands of years or more—way back into the Ice Age.
—Daegan Miller
june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Romano voiced Manny in the Ice Age film series and appeared in The Big Sick and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 16 May 2025
There are also indications that both populations have been in a steady decline since the Ice Age, with the total saola population on Earth never growing beyond 5,000 individuals over the last 10,000 years.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 June 2025
If what Josef tells us is right, this forest has been speaking more or less like this for tens of thousands of years or more—way back into the Ice Age.
—Daegan Miller
june 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
Romano voiced Manny in the Ice Age film series and appeared in The Big Sick and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman.
—Kate Hogan, People.com, 16 May 2025
There are also indications that both populations have been in a steady decline since the Ice Age, with the total saola population on Earth never growing beyond 5,000 individuals over the last 10,000 years.
—Stephanie Edwards, Discover Magazine, 6 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for the Ice Age
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“The Ice Age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Ice%20Age. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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