Era
Era noun - An extent of time associated with a particular person or thing.
Usage example: the introduction of the mass production of cars on an assembly line ushered in the era of the automobile
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Stretch
Stretch noun - An indefinite but usually short period of time.
Usage example: there was a cardinal at our bird feeder for a short stretch last spring
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Some characters can have very long careers, and a few stretch all the way back to the silent era.
Source: Era-Specific Personality -
Their live shows during the Dio era count as well, they'd stretch most of the songs out to over 10 minutes.
Source: Music / Rainbow -
Historical-Domain Character: Every Hero Unit up to the Modern era is an actual historical figure from that era, despite the considerable gaps (Napoleon and Bismark is already a stretch, Julius Caesar and Charlemagne even more so).
Source: Video Game / Empire Earth
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