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Recent Examples of silver age
During that decade, Necaxa also had a silver age, winning three Mexican league titles.
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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
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
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For more than two millennia, mathematicians have produced a growing heap of pi equations in their ongoing search for methods to calculate pi faster and faster.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
13 Mar. 2026
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Returning to the core of his talk, Yanxiao likened the Xiongnu’s impact on the West to that of the Mongols, who, a millennium later, would alter the cultural topology of Eurasia.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
8 Mar. 2026
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Competition intensified—with Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Apple TV+, among others, entering the fray—and the 2010s’ Streaming Wars led to a golden age of TV as premium cable channels and streaming upstarts feverishly outspent one another for top talent.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
13 Mar. 2026
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The Discovery Rate Is Going Up, Not Down The study directly challenges the assumption that the golden age of species discovery is behind us.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Spring windstorms, heat and dry air can accelerate the plants’ life cycle or prevent new flowers from developing.—
Cierra Morgan,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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The hinoki cedar soaking tubs are the main event; afterward, cool off on one of the sofas on the balcony, where each room's private garden is planted with the trees and flowers that the suite is named for.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Mar. 2026
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Formed in Melbourne in 1979, Men at Work had a relatively brief heyday.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Mar. 2026
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The star from Maine grew up rooting for the Celtics and his parents owned a DVD set featuring Boston games from Bird’s heyday.—
SportsDay Staff,
Dallas Morning News,
9 Mar. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Silver age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20age. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.
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