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
  • Researchers hailed the discovery, dating back over 5,000 years, as a breakthrough in understanding funerary practices, social hierarchy, and long-distance trade in the southern Iberian Peninsula during the 3rd millennium BCE.
    Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Perhaps 200,000 peasants supported a population of 3 million people in the Nile Valley in the 2nd millennium BCE.
    Vanessa Taylor, Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Meet Jamaica’s Sandals South Coast Nowhere reflects this new golden age of vacationing quite like Sandals South Coast.
    AFAR Media, AFAR Media, 27 Sep. 2025
  • The masterclass ended on an optimistic note, with both Chinese and international speakers agreeing that, despite market challenges, the country’s directors are in the midst of a creative golden age — one increasingly recognized on the world stage.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds were seen leaving flowers and bible verses at the TPUSA headquarters in Tempe.
    Amy DeLaura, The Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2025
  • The University of Tokyo found that the flowers of this plant species release a scent that is almost identical to the odor of ants under attack by spiders.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wahlberg plays a holy fool in Boogie Nights, our naïve but well-endowed guide through the heyday of theatrical pornography and its decline into something cheaper and tawdrier courtesy of the triumph of VHS.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
  • During its heyday, the mall hosted various contests and events that shaped the social fabric of Citrus Heights and the surrounding area.
    Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Silver age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20age. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.

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