golden age

as in renaissance
a period of high artistic or cultural development a memoir of her days as an actress in the golden age of Hollywood

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Recent Examples of golden age The early aughts were the worst possible kind of golden age. Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 19 July 2025 For me, one such masterpiece will forever be Mad Men, the moody period drama about the golden age of advertising, which premiered on AMC in 2007 and concluded its seven-season run in 2015. Mekita Rivas, Architectural Digest, 4 July 2025 If this is indeed the golden age of Dodger baseball — as Andrew Friedman so deftly described it — then the guardian of the era has been Kershaw. Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025 The golden age of the shed—New York City’s outdoor-dining boom, circa summer, 2020—produced some impressive structures. Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 21 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for golden age
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renaissance
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  • Ermine is earning its renaissance among those of us who love its winning flavor, good looks, and vintage appeal.
    Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
  • More magic came from co-producer Brian Eno, currently in the midst of his own latter-day renaissance (recently, two collaborative LPs with Beatie Wolf and a perpetually-shapeshifting career documentary, Eno).
    Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2025

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