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Recent Examples of dark age
If this is the future of artificial intelligence, the AI era is going to be a dark age indeed.
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Wired Staff, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2024
With most of the studio’s fabled animators having retired and productions being scaled back, Disney entered a dark age of animation marked by edgier stories and alienated audiences.
—Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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).
—David Faris, theweek, 24 Apr. 2024
In his Foundation series, Asimov wrote about a hero who must prevent humanity from being thrown into a long dark age after a massive galactic empire collapses.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Wired Staff, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2024
With most of the studio’s fabled animators having retired and productions being scaled back, Disney entered a dark age of animation marked by edgier stories and alienated audiences.
—Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024
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).
—David Faris, theweek, 24 Apr. 2024
In his Foundation series, Asimov wrote about a hero who must prevent humanity from being thrown into a long dark age after a massive galactic empire collapses.
—Sigal Samuel, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dark age
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Summertime night tours have recently been introduced, which aim to help visitors imagine how the city once felt after sunset.—
Maureen O'Hare,
CNN Money,
9 Feb. 2026
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The bustling breakfast scene at GB Roof Garden transforms into a rather more formal affair for sunset Negronis and business or birthday dinners (with a smart dress code strictly imposed).—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026
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But Puerto Rico’s rapid growth has also raised concerns about sustainability, environmental degradation and cultural erosion.—
Josh Rivera,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
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Water-soluble chlorophyll, which gives broccoli its signature color, is vulnerable to degradation during prolonged cooking or boiling.—
Anne Wolf,
Martha Stewart,
7 Feb. 2026
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The report identifies three massive, offsetting policy developments as the primary drivers of this fiscal deterioration.—
Tristan Bove,
Fortune,
11 Feb. 2026
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The complaint includes several photographs of deterioration and hazards.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Some readers may be old enough to remember the 1976 Bicentennial, which occurred during one of the city’s lowest ebbs and lifted everyone’s spirits.—
John Calvelli,
New York Daily News,
7 Feb. 2026
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The budding photographer started bringing a camera with him on his underwater adventures to document his dives, with imagery posted on social media sharing sea species such as leopard sharks and swaying kelp forests that dance with the ebb of the ocean.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
5 Feb. 2026
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During an annular solar eclipse, the moon covers a majority of the sun, leaving a distinct ring of light, hence the nickname 'ring of fire' eclipse.—
Daisy Dobrijevic,
Space.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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With the fate of Palace’s previous two managers effectively sealed after defeats here, a loss would have seen Glasner eclipse Patrick Vieira’s 12-game winless run, a sequence which led to the Frenchman being sacked following this fixture three years ago.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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The devolution of the traditional life style coincided with a surge in social problems.—
Ben Taub,
New Yorker,
24 Nov. 2025
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On top of that, the devolution of NCAA amateurism presents a chance to reconsider elite player development.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
16 Oct. 2025
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One night, Earnshaw goes out for his evening’s gambling and degeneracy and returns the next morning with a new resident for the household.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
11 Feb. 2026
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The shoot gives Henry a chance to argue with his uncle, who acknowledges that Henry’s recurrent depression is real — he’s previously been prescribed lithium — but has no patience for his nephew’s degeneracy.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
19 Jan. 2026
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Researchers at Cedars-Sinai found traces of Chlamydia pneumoniae – a bacterium that's best known for causing respiratory infections – in the eye's retinal tissue, and higher levels of this pathogen correlated with advanced degeneration in Alzheimer’s disease patients.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
8 Feb. 2026
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By targeting the underlying neuronal degeneration, ER-100 is positioned as a potential disease-modifying treatment rather than a symptomatic fix.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Dark age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20age. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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