silver age

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Recent Examples of silver age During that decade, Necaxa also had a silver age, winning three Mexican league titles. Arturo Conde, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025 To modern readers, the silver age comics of the early Marvel era may read as kind of hokey. Joe George, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023 That was its golden age, its silver age, its platinum. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021 The silver age wrapped up with Walt Disney and his animators balancing the visual ambition of Fantasia with the storytelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021 After its first five glorious years, the Lampoon had gradually transitioned to a silver age, and then to an age of progressively baser metals. Benjamin Wallace, HWD, 1 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver age
Noun
  • In the quarter millennium since, scholars and activists have in different ways done their damnedest to wipe the smirk off his face.
    Jane Kamensky, The Atlantic, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Once inside, customers are further surprised by a vast mirror covering the floor, which doubles the visual effect of this store created for the third millennium.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And within this golden age of the WNBA, there is Wilson.
    Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Specifically, Vincente Minnelli’s productions from the golden age of Hollywood.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 11 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Take hydrangeas, a happy flower millions of years old that grows well in soil but wilts quickly when cut.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Theetge said police arrested a 17-year-old male who buried a gun inside a flower box nearby.
    Matthew Cupelli, Cincinnati Enquirer, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The conservative desire to return to an earlier heyday—one that is rustic, masculine, and rugged, rather than soft, feminine, and urban—is ancient.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Finding bar owners from the heyday of lesbian nightlife was tricky, as many have moved away or died.
    Reia Li, AZCentral.com, 15 Oct. 2025

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