The invention of the printing press marked the beginning of a new era in the dissemination of knowledge.
印刷术的发明标志着知识传播新时代的开始。
Art critic Simone Duval praises a museum's decision to display contemporary sculptures alongside ancient artifacts, arguing that the juxtaposition reveals surprising continuities in how humans across eras represent the body.
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Curator Felix Adeyemi, who organized a similar exhibit at another museum, cautions that placing objects from vastly different eras side by side risks flattening their distinct historical contexts into a misleading sense of timeless sameness.
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Which choice best defines “era”?
A — Period of time. “era” means period of time.
Which word means “period of time”?
B — era. “era” means period of time.
era — period of time. In Chinese: 时代，纪元.
era is pronounced /ˈɪərə/.
The invention of the printing press marked the beginning of a new era in the dissemination of knowledge. (印刷术的发明标志着知识传播新时代的开始。)
epoch, period, age — all close in meaning to era (period of time).
Yes. era is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
era (era)