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Epoch

/ˈɛpək/
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(noun) A particular period of history, or of a person's life, especially one considered noteworthy or remarkable.

There have always been fashionable faces and expressions which marked an epoch.
The age of chivalry is the favourite epoch of the romantics.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The discovery of fire marked a significant ____ in the history of human evolution.

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