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a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement
he worked for NASA in its salad days
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Recent Examples of salad days
Gone are the salad days of Macklowe and Paul Allen.
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Daniel Cassady For Artnews, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2025
This was informed by Smith’s salad days in the electric scooter sector’s C suite, running Unagi’s global logistics from 2017-2021.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 11 Apr. 2025
Additionally, the attackers who are more confident about staying, like Embolo and Takumi Minamino, are approaching the end of their salad days.
—Brett Koremenos, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
No Broncos quarterback has logged stats like this since the salad days of Peyton Manning.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2025
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Daniel Cassady For Artnews, Robb Report, 26 Apr. 2025
This was informed by Smith’s salad days in the electric scooter sector’s C suite, running Unagi’s global logistics from 2017-2021.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 11 Apr. 2025
Additionally, the attackers who are more confident about staying, like Embolo and Takumi Minamino, are approaching the end of their salad days.
—Brett Koremenos, The Athletic, 21 Mar. 2025
No Broncos quarterback has logged stats like this since the salad days of Peyton Manning.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Salad days.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salad%20days. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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