belle epoques

variants or belles époques
plural of belle epoque
as in renaissances
a period of high artistic or cultural development that 19th-century belle epoque when Paris seemed to be the artistic center of the universe

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  • The pair experienced career renaissances with the success of their sitcom Schitt's Creek, which ran from 2015 to 2020.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Jan. 2026
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  • Indeed, the history of American politics is littered with ostensible golden ages—the Era of Good Feelings, the Roaring Twenties, the postwar ’50s—that can only be deemed such by our total exclusion.
    Ta-Nehisi Coates, Vanity Fair, 15 June 2026
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“Belle epoques.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belle%20epoques. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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