Idiom Breakdown

sign of the times

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Definition

Something that is symbolic of an era.

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From Matthew 16:3.

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"Advertisements of health foods now occupy spaces formerly monopolized by quack medicines, a most healthful sign of the times."
"We [the black players]’d get off the coach at away matches and the National Front would be right there in your face. In those days, we didn’t have security and we’d have to run the gauntlet. We’d get to the players’ entrance and there’d be spit on my jacket or Cyrille’s shirt. It was a sign of the times."

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