heydays

plural of heyday

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Recent Examples of heydays 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
  • Arrowwood Viburnum Another native shrub, arrowwood viburnum (Viburnum dentatum) sports snowy white blooms in spring and dark blue berries in late summer and fall.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Temperatures are at record highs, currents are shifting and stronger storms wash more pollutants into the water, including sewage and fertilizers, which can trigger huge algae blooms.
    Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • As a growing portion of Gen Zers burn out on dating apps, a new crop of ventures and events are trying to bring back offline spontaneity, from matchmaking photobooths, to singles mixers and revivals of Victorian-era acquaintance cards.
    Rachel Hale, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026
  • These actors don’t mime making music, as is often the case in revivals.
    Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026

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“Heydays.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heydays. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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