as in blooms
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 heydays
The Lincoln Motor Company’s heydays may be gone.
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James Raia, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025
In the cafés' heydays of the 1950s and 60s, Texas chef and cookbook author Helen Corbitt developed hundreds of recipes, many of which are beloved still today, even by people who've never been to one of the cafés.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
James Raia, Mercury News, 14 Sep. 2025
In the cafés' heydays of the 1950s and 60s, Texas chef and cookbook author Helen Corbitt developed hundreds of recipes, many of which are beloved still today, even by people who've never been to one of the cafés.
—Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 10 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heydays
Noun
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They are allied with regal and Martha Washington geraniums, and both bear prolific blooms with deep red petals; the petal bases of Lily are black, while those of Jack of Hearts are red.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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Under a tent shrouded in shade cloth at the Desert Botanical Garden, a place known for its showy cactus displays and wildflower blooms, sits a curious collection of inconspicuous plants that could be easily overlooked by the untrained eye.—
John Leos,
AZCentral.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Its team-building has undoubtedly been successful, and players such as Alanna Smith, Courtney Williams and McBride have either had career years or, at the very least, late-career revivals.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Other revivals have come in 2009, with Bill Irwin and Nathan Lane, and in 2013, with Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
28 Sep. 2025
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“Heydays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heydays. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.
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