glory days/years
noun
: a time in the past that is remembered for great success or happiness
The team's glory days are long gone.
His glory years as an actor are now far behind him.
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Destiny 2 has been bleeding players and is now entering a very risky new era that seems unlikely to return the game to its glory days.
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
These were the glory days of celebrity magazines and gossip blogs, and Anderson was ubiquitous, proselytizing about how to get J.Lo’s butt or Gwyneth’s … anything.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
The glory days are over of paying down unfunded liabilities.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
But those glory days seem like distant memories now.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
These were the glory days of celebrity magazines and gossip blogs, and Anderson was ubiquitous, proselytizing about how to get J.Lo’s butt or Gwyneth’s … anything.
—Xochitl Gonzalez, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025
The glory days are over of paying down unfunded liabilities.
—Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 8 June 2025
But those glory days seem like distant memories now.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025
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“Glory days/years.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glory%20days%2Fyears. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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