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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The couple, who Walter thinks are straight out of film noir, bond with him over mutual love of cinema and classics from Hollywood’s golden age.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
22 June 2025
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Ninja Gaiden Photo: Courtesy of Nintendo The ’80s were the golden age for video-game difficulty, and the NES boasted an oppressive gauntlet of Battletoads, Contra, and the early Mega Man games.—
Luke Winkie,
Vulture,
18 June 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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That said, James Cameron's epic reaches the pinnacle of disaster-movie impudence with the distasteful suggestion that the most celebrated tragedy of the 20th century occurred because a few lookouts were distracted by Kate and Leo sucking face.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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“Renaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renaissance. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.
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