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a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
in its heyday, the circus was a major form of entertainment for small-town America
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Recent Examples of heyday
The birth of house music in the 1980s was also, in part, a response to the heyday, and unceremonious downfall, of disco, another genre that had distinctly Black origins before garnering more mainstream attention via white artists and culture.
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
Riffle said everyone in the community knew someone who worked for General Dynamics during its heyday from the 1960s through 80s.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Back in his professional heyday, Pryce and Amber-Linn lost their young son to cancer, a crushing blow that precipitated the on-course meltdown that ended his career.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 June 2025
The original Campo Verde was built in the 1980s heyday of fajitas-and-margaritas restaurants.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
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Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
Riffle said everyone in the community knew someone who worked for General Dynamics during its heyday from the 1960s through 80s.
—Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2025
Back in his professional heyday, Pryce and Amber-Linn lost their young son to cancer, a crushing blow that precipitated the on-course meltdown that ended his career.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 June 2025
The original Campo Verde was built in the 1980s heyday of fajitas-and-margaritas restaurants.
—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for heyday
Noun
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Massive seaweed blooms now plague Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Caribbean.—
Marc Benioff,
Time,
24 June 2025
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Tiny yellow stamens inside the blooms create a lovely contrast.—
Sheryl De Vore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 June 2025
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The soaring salary cap has created many more viable suitors for Marner, who’s expected to leave the Toronto Maple Leafs, and most of them will be far more attractive for a player in his prime than the Blackhawks, who are still years off from contending.—
Scott Powers,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Heat exhaustion and heat stroke can strike even physically fit individuals in the prime of their lives.—
Anna Skinner,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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The actor, who played Ray Romano’s brother in the series, confirmed that there won’t be a revival of the show after speaking with Romano and Philip Rosenthal, the show’s creator.—
Giana Levy,
Variety,
14 June 2025
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The revival requires Burnett to tour the cultural capitals, and to talk about the film and therefore his life in situ, as if life did not present its trials after.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
14 June 2025
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As far back as a decade ago, when Villeneuve was on the promotion trail for Sicario, the Canadian said that action is art — and Bond is the very pinnacle of the genre.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
26 June 2025
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Whether your passion is for Oregon’s superlative Pinot noir or California’s world-class Bordeaux blends, these wines are truly at the pinnacle of American winemaking.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
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“Heyday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heyday. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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