Phrase guide
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noun
Synonym of modern period or modern history (the period following postclassical history, in Europe known as the "Middle Ages", spanning from about 1500 to the present).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: modern period or modern history
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the present or recent times
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: era, epoch
Narrower terms: information age
History
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