silver age

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Recent Examples of silver age 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 That was its golden age, its silver age, its platinum. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021 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, 11 Jan. 2021 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver age
Noun
  • Gap was one of the most popular retail names of the 1980s and 1990s, but fell out of favor among consumers at the start of the new millennium.
    Ryan Baker, CNBC, 14 June 2025
  • During the first decade of the new millennium, before the rise of Musical.ly and then TikTok, television still dominated the attention of young children.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025
Noun
  • The film sardonically conjures a golden age of interventionist arrogance.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 29 May 2025
  • Trump praises West Point graduates, touts 'golden age' of US military in commencement speech During an overcast morning, Trump took part in the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknowns before delivering his speech.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • One person performed Gonzo's big number in full cosplay, complete with a flower pot balanced on their head.
    Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 7 June 2025
  • The Cape’s iconic hydrangeas are only a small piece of this 100-acre property, celebrating the rhododendrons initially hybridized by Charles Dexter, who experimented and produced hundreds of thousands of the flower varieties that still bloom on the property today.
    Cameron Sperance, Travel + Leisure, 7 June 2025
Noun
  • The original Campo Verde was built in the 1980s heyday of fajitas-and-margaritas restaurants.
    Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
  • Slow nukes The heyday of nuclear plant construction in the US was in the 1970s and 80s.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 May 2025

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