Noun
the present or recent times
Source: WordNetThe Olympic Games of the Modern Era began in 1896 in the city of Athens. Bill Toomey
The history of Austrian culture and scholarship in the modern era largely paralleled the history of Austrian Jewry. Eric Kandel
Until the modern era there was no single international system, but rather several international systems, with little or no contact with another. Robert Gilpin
The best, most successful managers in the modern era are those who can keep a player happy even if he is not in the team. Given the size of the squads and the use of rotation nowadays, that's tougher than it's ever been. Gary Lineker
Paleoclimatic records show clearly that the past 10,000 years, the Holocene, is a remarkably stable period in which we went from being a few hunters and gatherers to become more sedentary agriculture-based civilizations, which then moved us to the current populated modern era. Johan Rockstrom
We must recognize the chief characteristic of the modern era - a permanent state of what I call violent peace. James D. Watkins