heydays

plural of heyday

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Recent Examples of heydays The return of football at Azusa Pacific and Whittier has been greeted with much fanfare by alumni who remember the schools' heydays. — ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026 The club was in one of the patented franchise heydays, winning the Stanley Cup six times that decade. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Its headliners included Vanilla Ice, the Commodores, Bret Michaels of Poison, Flo Rida, Martina McBride, Milli Vanilli, and the C+C Music Factory—a handful of recognizable acts, albeit ones that had their respective heydays several decades ago. — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026 Some, like Hickory Hollow Mall in Antioch and RiverGate Mall in Goodlettsville, experienced long heydays before being sold and pitched as mixed-use redevelopment sites. — Austin Hornbostel, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Dec. 2025 Its presence — from the carmaker’s marketing program to original owners’ memories — is a reminder of the lightweight vehicles’ heydays beginning in 1950. — James Raia, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 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 Taylor was there as Dragon spread its wings for two distinct heydays, performing in the band from 1974–1979, and again from 1982–1985. — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heydays
Noun
  • This is the best time to remove dead blooms and gently shape the shrub by trimming its branches.
    — The Spruce, The Spruce, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Cool, wet fall weather can trigger botrytis (gray mold) on your blooms.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Perhaps Dunham and Murphy can draw lessons about aging gracefully in adaptation from revivals that have aired before them.
    — Savannah Walsh, Vanity Fair, 6 Nov. 2026
  • The backstory Everything started in Paris back in 2007 with the Experimental Cocktail Club, a speakeasy-style bar inspired by the craft cocktail revivals happening in New York City and London.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Heydays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heydays. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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