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
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  1. millennium
  2. golden age
  3. flower
  4. heyday
Noun
  • The Spanish arrived half-a-millennium later and established Santa Fe as a seat of government in 1610.
    — Dan Fellner, AZCentral.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The de Poitrines communicated between songs in their own language — which may well predate English (or French) by several millenniums.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of millennium
Noun
  • Where travel still leaves room for people The goal isn't to return to some imaginary golden age of travel.
    — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The 70s were also the last golden age of an American monoculture, when most of us experienced the same programs, movies, and records at the same time.
    — David Kamp, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of golden age
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  • Parton’s family has asked for donations to Imagination Library in lieu of flowers.
    — Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
  • In a statement announcing Parton's death, her family asked for donations to her Imagination Library in lieu of flowers.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of flower
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  • The Gap's heyday was 20 years ago, when its stores were ubiquitous and everyone wore its T-shirts and jeans.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Michael Francis, who was at Target during its heyday, will take over Old Navy in November.
    — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of heyday

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“Silver age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20age. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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