as in millennium
a period of high artistic or cultural development
the 19th-century literary renaissance that prompted people to refer to Boston as the Athens of America
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Recent Examples of renaissance
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A men’s jewelry renaissance has opened the gates for all sorts of styles to gain traction.
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Mekaylah Yowpp-Hernacki, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
The season was the start of the franchise’s renaissance.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Nuclear power is enjoying something of a renaissance with many countries turning to the atom to meet their energy needs.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
The only segment yet to embrace the wind propulsion renaissance is the massive container ship sector that prizes space for cargo above all.
—Nick Nuttall, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Mekaylah Yowpp-Hernacki, Vogue, 28 Feb. 2025
The season was the start of the franchise’s renaissance.
—Eric Koreen, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
Nuclear power is enjoying something of a renaissance with many countries turning to the atom to meet their energy needs.
—David Szondy, New Atlas, 20 Feb. 2025
The only segment yet to embrace the wind propulsion renaissance is the massive container ship sector that prizes space for cargo above all.
—Nick Nuttall, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renaissance
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Alana Waksman, Marshall Granger) As America enters the new millennium, listeners across Montana call into Yellowstone Public Radio to express their views on everything from state politics to the Iraq war, or the meaning of poetry.—
Addie Morfoot,
Variety,
11 Mar. 2025
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Eighth-grade math scores are the lowest in this millennium; Florida ranks 41st in grade 8 math, down from 32nd in 2022.—
John Padget,
Orlando Sentinel,
6 Mar. 2025
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These years were considered Haiti’s golden age, when the country was a popular tourist destination especially for American bohemians drawn to the island’s rum, beaches, and hotels.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
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Whatever new golden age of King adaptations that seemed to emerge with the release of It in 2017 turns out to have been short-lived.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Feb. 2025
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Traditionally, family offices have long been seen as the pinnacle of private investment sophistication—highly sophisticated institutional level investors, dedicated to single or small groups of ultra-high-net-worth families to manage their fortunes across generations.—
Francois Botha,
Forbes,
9 Mar. 2025
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Red Rocks may be the pinnacle of any tour, but its 9,250 seats are small in comparison to Fiddler's Green Amphitheater (about 17,000).—
John Wenzel,
The Denver Post,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Renaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renaissance. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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