golden years

plural noun

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

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Brain health is integral to your journey, from the moment you’re born to your golden years. Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025 There’s no better way to spend your golden years than taking a 12,500-foot leap through the sky, right? Lori Leibovich, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025 Del Webb, the visionary developer, understood that the United States was ready to imagine a whole new stage of life—the golden years, as marketers proclaimed them. Jonathan Rauch, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024 The Founding Fathers excluded a maximum age limit from the Constitution, giving those in their golden years the ability to run for the highest office in the land. Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2024 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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“Golden years.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20years. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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