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
Then came the yacht’s renaissance by her father, who saw beauty and sailing prowess inside a rotting hull.
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Nonagenarian actress June Squibb – who is enjoying a late career renaissance thanks to her performance in Sundance 2024 breakout Thelma – tops a cast also featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht, and Erin Kellyman.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
But, as most things go, the decade-old formula is having a renaissance thanks to Gen Z for its wetlike glossy shimmer.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
Nonagenarian actress June Squibb – who is enjoying a late career renaissance thanks to her performance in Sundance 2024 breakout Thelma – tops a cast also featuring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Jessica Hecht, and Erin Kellyman.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025
Experts say that militias could have a renaissance under Donald Trump.
—Joshua Kaplan, ProPublica, 4 Jan. 2025
But, as most things go, the decade-old formula is having a renaissance thanks to Gen Z for its wetlike glossy shimmer.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for renaissance
Noun
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Humanity’s oldest epic is a doomed quest for immortality: Around four millenniums ago, the Sumerians told of a Mesopotamian king named Gilgamesh who set out to find life everlasting and briefly located a youth-restoring plant, only to lose it on his way home.—
Joe Kloc,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The country’s links to the island—home to fewer than 60,000 people, most of whom are Inuit—stretch back centuries: Norse settlers arrived in the territory over a millennium ago before eventually disappearing, and Denmark began colonizing the island in the 1700s.—
Sara Dorn,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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When considering only traditional musicals with non-diegetic music, this last occurred during the golden age of musicals in the 1960s.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
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Son called the investment the beginning of the golden age.—
Caitlyn Frolo,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Jan. 2025
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In some ways, saber teeth represent an evolutionary pinnacle, the optimal design for a canine tooth to puncture prey, says Rayfield.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
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For 2025, the VW Tiguan, which has been the company’s top selling model since it was redesigned in 2018 to align with the Atlas, serves as a pinnacle of all those ideas and then, takes them a step further with true luxury features and an even more elevated, refined style inside and out.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Renaissance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/renaissance. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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