dark ages

noun

plural of dark age
as in decadences

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  1. sunsets
  2. falls
  3. eclipses
  4. deteriorations
  5. degradations
  6. nadirs
  7. ebbs
  8. declinations
Noun
  • The sunsets and people watching at this hotel are both 10 out of 10.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
  • Warm evenings, late sunsets, and relaxing summer nights set the stage for a month filled with celestial highlights from a pair of meteor showers to beautiful moon pairings and the luminous core of the Milky Way stretching across the sky.
    — Michael d'Estries, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Definition of sunsets
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  • Accidental deaths, including drug overdoses, motor vehicle crashes and falls, were the causes of more than 197,440 deaths that same year, records show.
    — Melissa Rudy, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
  • But having an awareness of how to mitigate the impact of falls, and developing the mentality not to be scared of falling, can be crucial to making a deep run at the slipperiest Slam.
    — Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 3 July 2026
Definition of falls
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  • Long before weather apps — or even standardized timekeeping — Americans turned to these annual guides for practical information about moon phases, moonrise and moonset times, eclipses, tides, and seasonal events.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Also increasing has been interest in eclipses, meteor showers and other celestial events.
    — Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
Definition of eclipses
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  • Similar deteriorations took place in Tuscany and in Naples.
    — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of deteriorations
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  • Key parameters such as time to recover (TTR), revenue at risk, lead times, OTIF and service-level degradations can be evaluated and compared across mitigation options.
    — Dileep Rai, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The answer is not much—Fennell makes explicit, via sadomasochism, the power differentials and emotional degradations that are so often ambiguous in the original.
    — Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
Definition of degradations
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  • Of the many nadirs this season — from letting a two-goal lead slip against Bournemouth to their existing run of five defeats in six league games from December 14 — the chastening 3-0 loss against Wolves on January 3 ranks high.
    — Roshane Thomas, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
Definition of nadirs
Noun
  • Years of going through the ebbs and flows of playoff games had the Knicks ready.
    — Zach Harper, New York Times, 16 June 2026
  • Construction ebbs and flows with cyclical interest rates.
    — Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 4 June 2026
Definition of ebbs
Noun
  • The declinations came as the DOJ reassigned and cut prosecutors working on environmental cases.
    — Ken B. Morales, ProPublica, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of declinations
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“Dark ages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dark%20ages. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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