golden years

plural noun

Synonyms of golden yearsnext
: the advanced years in a lifetime
active well into their golden years

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Most Americans don’t look to their 401(k) plans for excitement or experimentation, instead relying on the promise that steady saving and sober planning will guarantee security in their golden years. — Paul Kiel, ProPublica, 8 July 2026 So what makes the Steel City a good place to spend your golden years? — Finch Walker, USA Today, 10 June 2026 This, combined with exorbitant healthcare costs—Americans pay the most for healthcare of any nation in the world—is driving those 65 and over to spend their golden years abroad. — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 1 June 2026 These decades-later experiments have been particularly frequent in the past 40 years, as actors have become less likely to retire (or stay retired) and more likely to keep searching for plum parts well into their golden years. — Jesse Hassenger, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for golden years

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of golden years was in 1945

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