The sinking of the sun suggests that the era when God revealed himself directly to man has passed.

The Wings are still a top-level team, but their era has probably passed.

The era of extensive heavy industry passed when the steel works closed in 1999.

But if that era has passed, what is to replace it?

An era of British toy manufacturing had passed into history.

A character and an era of Saltash history had passed away.

Q: People say the era of great public spaces has passed.

The players were cooperative with the league in dire times, but that era has clearly passed.

The era of government support for low-income housing is passing.

An article in Life magazine reported that "a magical era had passed forever".