How do you use Mya in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Mya in a sentence
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Mya meaning
million years ago: megayears ago.
Synonyms of Mya
Using Mya
- The main meaning on this page is: million years ago: megayears ago.
- Useful related words include: genus mya, mollusk genus.
- In the example corpus, mya often appears in combinations such as: about mya, mya and, around mya.
Context around Mya
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.1 words
- Position in the sentence: 9 start, 8 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Mya
- In this selection, "mya" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ago, senior, know, australia, citation and intensified stand out and add context to how "mya" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 0 3 mya and 12 17 mya intensified subsidence. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "mya" sits close to words such as abbvie, almonds and assassinate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with mya
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Mya Carmichael was equally pleased. (5 words)
Freshman Mya Luehring pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts. (10 words)
Mya Hooten finished with a score of 9.900 on floor. (11 words)
Gondwana began to break up 140 million years ago (MYA); 50 MYA Australia separated from Antarctica and was relatively isolated until the collision of the Indo-Australian Plate with Asia in the Miocene era 5.3 MYA. (37 words)
Based on genetic and morphological data, the Ailuropodinae (pandas) were the first to diverge from other living bears about 19 Mya ago, although no fossils of this group have been found before about 5 Mya. (35 words)
The processes also led to the formation of a stratovolcanic chain in the basin 12–17 Mya ; intensified subsidence was observed until 5 Mya as well as flood basalts at about 7.5 Mya. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Gondwana began to break up 140 million years ago (MYA); 50 MYA Australia separated from Antarctica and was relatively isolated until the collision of the Indo-Australian Plate with Asia in the Miocene era 5.3 MYA.
Omomyids perished about 30 mya, while adapiforms survived until about 10 mya. citation According to genetic studies, the lemurs of Madagascar diverged from the lorisoids approximately 75 mya.
The processes also led to the formation of a stratovolcanic chain in the basin 12–17 Mya ; intensified subsidence was observed until 5 Mya as well as flood basalts at about 7.5 Mya.
Based on genetic and morphological data, the Ailuropodinae (pandas) were the first to diverge from other living bears about 19 Mya ago, although no fossils of this group have been found before about 5 Mya.
Coral near the surface has been dated from 5 Mya to 0.3 Mya.
The hypercarnivorous (strictly meat-eating) nimravid feliforms were extinct in North America after 26 mya and felids did not arrive in North America until the early middle Miocene (16 mya).
Falmouth teammates Xander Barber and Sam Yoon, seeded one and two respectively, advanced to the afternoon finals, as did Edward Little senior Mya Vincent and Brunswick sophomore Coco Meserve, also seeded one and two.
Mya Carmichael was equally pleased.
Mya Hooten finished with a score of 9.900 on floor.
Mya Roberts placed 8th in high jump, clearing a height of 1.45m.
Mya Williamson, aged 18, from Bodoney Road, Omagh, appeared before Craigavon Magistrates Court charged with speeding while a Restricted driver.
One of our first instincts in Season 2 was as opposed to recasting all those parts, we thought, ‘You know, Mya was great.
Roosevelt’s Rylie Sengdara, Mya Capistrano, and Rylee Dale celebrates a point during a nonleague girls volleyball match against Murrieta Valley on Wednesday, Aug 16, 2023.
Saw Nerdah Mya, the former chief of a KNU armed wing, the Karen National Defense Organization, broke away and established the Kaw Thoo Lei Army in July last year.
Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett is event chair — he lost his young cousin Mya to cancer.
The column coordinated with other junta forces stationed on the Ye-U-Khin-U highway to raid Mya Kan Village in Khin-U at 8am on Wednesday.
The decision was inspired by the story of Deanna and Mya Cook from Malden.
The treatment caused her to lose her hair but Mya has stayed confident and embraced her new bald look.
While both men have since left the show, Mya has stuck around and grown into her character.
Freshman Mya Luehring pitched a complete game with 10 strikeouts.
Common combinations with mya
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- about mya 16×
- mya and 8×
- around mya 8×
- to mya 7×
- and mya 7×
- ago mya 4×
- mya citation 4×
- mya to 4×
- mya the 4×
- some mya 4×