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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.
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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
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
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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
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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
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In theory, this should be the golden age of business insight.—
Rhea Wessel,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the summer, pollinators love the flowers, and understandably so – bean flowers not only signal the coming produce but are also eye-catching.—
Abigayle Ward,
Hartford Courant,
19 Apr. 2025
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Harvey’s recurring motifs, or obsessions, are well-trodden, and not just in photography but in literature, too: flowers, children, food, nature, interiors.—
Ocean Vuong,
New Yorker,
19 Apr. 2025
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At this point, far from his popular heyday and a few months away from leaving the WWE altogether, Hogan steals the limelight from both Hart and Yokozuna and turns the finale of WrestleMania IX into one of the most infamous moments in the event’s history. 36.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
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We two were often indulgent with our gifts: a chest made of trimmings from the Hardy tree, tokens from the Queen, a heyday for biographers.—
Maya C. Popa,
New Yorker,
14 Apr. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Silver age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20age. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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