golden years

plural noun

: the advanced years in a lifetime
active well into their golden years

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Starring Beatrice Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan, and Estelle Getty, The Golden Girls famously followed four women who share a home in Miami during their golden years. Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Sep. 2025 Generally, retirement savers will want to strive for a higher balance in order to have more money to live on in their golden years, according to Goodsell. Lorie Konish, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2025 Notwithstanding the death of her husband some years ago, these look like the golden years — very golden, as glowingly lensed by DP Virginie Surdej — to which pretty much everyone aspires. Guy Lodge, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025 One of the highlights of Golden Bachelor season one was seeing the empowering women who came on national television looking for a second or perhaps third chance at love breakout to stardom, and a teaser (below) shows that this new batch of hopefuls in their golden years is just as impressive. Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for golden years

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of golden years was in 1945

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“Golden years.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20years. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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