belle epoque

variants or belle époque
as in renaissance
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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Recent Examples of belle epoque The next day, they were married at General Prim, a historic belle epoque mansion in Colonia Juarez, in front of 165 family members and friends. Elise Taylor, Vogue, 12 July 2024 The hotel opened in June in a belle epoque mansion by the Charente River and is part of the Almae Collection of hotels as well as a member of the hotel network Relais & Chateaux. Stephanie Rosenbloom, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2023 His death, from pneumonia and a pulmonary abscess, was perhaps the final nail in the coffin of the belle epoque, an age of gentility, civility and artistic achievement that had mostly ended with the outbreak of World War I. Charles Arrowsmith, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2022 The opulent luxury of first class that now feels rather like a belle epoque for aviation is being replaced by a more understated desire, Kopola explains. John Walton, CNN, 4 Oct. 2021
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Noun
  • Zack Kass, who ran Go-to-Market at OpenAI, made a compelling argument for why we are poised to enter a new renaissance—a flourishing of art, science, and society.
    Dev Patnaik, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Just a couple of short years into the modern fighting-game renaissance that was kickstarted by titles like Street Fighter 6, Tekken 8, and Mortal Kombat 1, the scene is booming.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Neon signs flicker in the evenings and cast a glow that recalls the golden age of California’s coast.
    Pismo Beach Conference, Mercury News, 29 Aug. 2025
  • These evenings were a chance to feel part of the golden age of ocean travel, when crossing the Atlantic meant dressing to be seen.
    David Nikel, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025

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“Belle epoque.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/belle%20epoque. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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