as in millennium
a period of high artistic or cultural development
the 19th-century literary renaissance that prompted people to refer to Boston as the Athens of America
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Recent Examples of renaissance
Indeed, colored glass is having yet another renaissance—and the Californian designer is cleverly lighting the way.
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Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
Anderson helped spark Murray’s career renaissance, and in Murray, Anderson found his most enduring muse.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Enter Serwa, and the possibility that throwing the pitch incredibly hard may be the key to its renaissance.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Photo: Hallmark Releasing Night of the Living Dead was part of a worldwide horror renaissance of sorts.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 18 June 2025
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Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
Anderson helped spark Murray’s career renaissance, and in Murray, Anderson found his most enduring muse.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 12 June 2025
Enter Serwa, and the possibility that throwing the pitch incredibly hard may be the key to its renaissance.
—Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 19 June 2025
Photo: Hallmark Releasing Night of the Living Dead was part of a worldwide horror renaissance of sorts.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renaissance
Noun
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Experience the first summer of the new millennium through the Tennessean's archive photos of May 2000.—
Amber Roberson,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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The art frames transformed into broken televisions blaring angry red static as the band built one of the greatest breakup songs of the new millennium into a glorious cacophony of distortion and rage.—
Deborah Sengupta Stith,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Growth alone is a necessary but insufficient precondition to a new golden age, and bitcoin supplies the missing ingredient.—
Dave Birnbaum,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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The look continued into the golden age of Hollywood, which subsequently influenced celebrity makeup artist Kevyn Aucoin to take tweezers to his clients’ brows for red carpets and cover shoots.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 July 2025
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Young reached the pinnacle of success in high school at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana, Calif.—he was named the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year in 2020—and in college at Alabama.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
7 July 2025
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America stands as the pinnacle and leader of Western civilization.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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“Renaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renaissance. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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