silver age

noun

Definition of silver agenext
as in millennium

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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 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, 24 July 2024 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 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
  1. millennium
  2. golden age
  3. flower
  4. heyday
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  • The ultimate turn-of-the-millennium heartthrob, Erik von Detten played Josh Bryant, the school’s resident popular hottie.
    — Madeline Boardman, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Aug. 2026
  • The butterflies have been making this migration for as long as 20 millennia, once finding paths to and from the fields gouged out by glaciers retreating with the spring during the last Ice Age.
    — Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Definition of millennium
Noun
  • The return to a golden age of normalcy was one of the most powerful pandemic-era fantasies.
    — Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
  • However, the vehicles to get to know these icons of Hollywood’s golden age are disappearing.
    — Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Definition of golden age
Noun
  • Have two summer inspired glasses of sangria while creating a summer bouquet using fresh and local flowers.
    — Jamie Chapman, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2026
  • The addition of jasmine flowers lend a more elevated and sophisticated touch.
    — Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of flower
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  • Originally housing offices, its heyday in Detroit’s industrial age was brief, sliding into decline in the 1960s and ultimately going vacant.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
  • In addition, LiveOne's many informative stations are hosted by real DJs who evoke the heyday of traditional over-the-air radio.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 28 July 2026
Definition of heyday

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