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Recent Examples of golden The space is designed with midcentury modern details, featuring clean lines, pale woods and golden accents. Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025 At the juncture between postwar noir and golden-age melodrama is Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a saturnine elegy to a lost Hollywood of the silent era, when faces and charisma were more desirable than voices or talent. Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025 Bake until evenly golden brown, 9 to 11 minutes. Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Oct. 2025 The idea is to make the re-emergence into the Ipanema sunlight, the sparkly views of the Atlantic, and the golden beach, all the more dramatic. Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for golden
Recent Examples of Synonyms for golden
Adjective
  • The bright bubblegum-pink design has green sketches of the movie’s most iconic characters, including Glinda, Elphaba, Madame Morrible, and the Cowardly Lion, while gold accents add extra shine to the dishwasher-safe cup.
    Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Now, children laugh and study in the open-air structure, boasting candy-bright paint.
    Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Nice vanilla bean flecks and round, fatty flavor with only the subtlest hint of coconut.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The dress featured a high, round neckline, with rounded shoulders and extra long sleeves covering Daddario’s hands.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In Pompeii, still in shambles centuries after the volcanic destruction of Mount Vesuvius, Longo founded what would become the Shrine of the Virgin of the Rosary, creating the foundations of what would become Pompeii’s rejuvenation as a thriving community.
    Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In addition to her professional ambitions, Mallory also had a thriving social life and was dating Anthony Cook.
    Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Sydney Sweeney debuted a bright blonde bob at the Christy premiere during 2025 AFI FEST in Hollywood.
    Jackie Fields, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The post, shared on Sunday under the username u/IWannaHideThrowaway, shows the poster trying to watch TV while blonde locks of hair belonging to the passenger sitting in front of them cover most of the screen, leaving the poster unable to use it.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • His career, once so promising, seemed to be slipping away.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The promising honors student had mysteriously vanished after spending an evening with friends at a local bar then leaving alone without her cellphone and stopping at a gas station next door, Houston police said.
    Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Jim interviewed Niccol last week and came away optimistic about the company's trajectory in 2026.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Ted is optimistic that this budding romance is the beginning of his Christmas comeback, but his looming holiday bad luck still has a few curveballs in store for him.
    Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • However, Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher and future Hall of Famer Max Scherzer is here to provide a ringing endorsement.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
  • But the first five innings Tuesday were a ringing endorsement for the Dodgers’ cautious approach to Ohtani’s rehab and return from a second Tommy John surgery.
    Bill Plunkett, Oc Register, 17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Indeed, the entire world is a better, safer, healthier and more prosperous place when the United States leads in biotechnology.
    Sen. Todd Young, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
  • There will be less stability and fewer allies within the West, investments abroad will be less safe, and the entire West will be less prosperous.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 23 Oct. 2025

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“Golden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/golden. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.

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