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a sign of the times

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a sign of the times
something that shows what a society is like now Young people are so rude, but I guess it's just a sign of the times.
Usage notes: most often refers to negative characteristics
See also: sign, times


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Fortunately, it's clear enough to everyone else that Granada Hills' academic ascension is a sign of the times for the Los Angeles Unified School District's medieval bureaucracy.
It is a sign of the times how this developer has been so committed to the design process with us and the building's unique aesthetic.
So perhaps it's simply a sign of the times that Brent Scowcroft, chairman of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board--and national security adviser under Bush I--has been moved from his office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, across the driveway from the West Wing, to digs in the New Executive Office Building (NEOB), a block farther away.
 
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