as in millennium
a period of high artistic or cultural development
the 19th-century literary renaissance that prompted people to refer to Boston as the Athens of America
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Recent Examples of renaissance
The continuation of Lexington Market as a shopping destination for all kinds of food and the article about the success of the University of Maryland graduate nursing program make Southwest Baltimore part of this renaissance.
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
In honor of latest renaissance, here are some of our favorite photos of Emmy nominee.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Any manufacturing renaissance in the U.S. will come much later than an acute manufacturing crisis, experts told CNBC.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
There was an apparently brief renaissance period in February when Guardiola picked the joint-youngest City side of his nine-year tenure against Liverpool and followed it up with another vibrant XI at Tottenham.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2025
In honor of latest renaissance, here are some of our favorite photos of Emmy nominee.
—Alexandra Schonfeld, People.com, 10 Apr. 2025
Any manufacturing renaissance in the U.S. will come much later than an acute manufacturing crisis, experts told CNBC.
—Dan Mangan,kevin Breuninger,christina Wilkie,michele Luhn, CNBC, 3 Apr. 2025
There was an apparently brief renaissance period in February when Guardiola picked the joint-youngest City side of his nine-year tenure against Liverpool and followed it up with another vibrant XI at Tottenham.
—Sam Lee, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renaissance
Noun
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By growing slowly in hostile environments, these trees outlive their peers by millennia.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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But the sources of silk, the silkworm cocoons and the silkworms themselves, have remained incredibly consistent — a result of many millennia of B. mori cultivation.—
Amy Paturel,
Discover Magazine,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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McPherson rose to prominence during the golden age of P.R., when Ivy Lee was talking up the Rockefellers and the Democratic Party and Edward Bernays was selling everything from Dixie cups to the First World War.—
Casey Cep,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
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Each new suite chronicles a distinct design epoch: the early 20th-century Edwardian era; the glamorous art deco period of the 1920s and ‘30s; the innovative mid-century golden age of the 1950s and '60s; and the glittering extravagance that defined the 1980s Dynasty-era aesthetics.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Many recalled his legacy as the first pope from Latin America, and the first Jesuit to reach the pinnacle of church hierarchy, one who stressed humility over hubris for a church beset with scandal and indifference.—
Jamey Keaten,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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This term refers to a degree of competence that suggests the individual is among the small fraction of people who have reached the pinnacle of their profession.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Renaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renaissance. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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