golden age

noun

: a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement

Examples of golden age in a Sentence

the golden age of art a golden age for our country
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Establishing how that golden age came about is easier than explaining the years of scarcity that followed. Rory Smith, The Athletic, 22 Mar. 2025 States able to balance real school choice with maintaining healthy school districts will usher in a golden age of differentiation and innovation. Ryan Craig, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025 That's precisely why Entertainment Weekly is celebrating what just might go down as the golden age of reality television with our Reality Rewind Issue, topped off with EW's ranking of our 25 favorite reality stars of the era. Ew Staff, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025 Across nearly 100 eps, Matthew Weiner’s Mad Men was one of the American tentpoles of the golden age of TV, making stars of the likes of Jon Hamm, Elisabeth Moss and Hendricks. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for golden age

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of golden age was in the 15th century

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“Golden age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/golden%20age. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.

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