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being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles
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Recent Examples of space-age
At first glance, the tower — one of Downtown Disney’s most striking works — appears to be a nod to Disneyland’s Midcentury art, for its curved lines and space-age optimism wouldn’t be out of place in Tomorrowland.
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Other elements of Dockery’s space might be a bit more in budget, like this space-age lamp from Sézane, or this dusty blue waffle blanket from Boll & Branch.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2026
This space-age pack was literally designed for Skimo races before recreationalist ultralighters picked up on the magic.
—Anthony Walsh, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile Villaroel has argued that lights in the sky that appeared on pre-space-age photographic plates could indicate artificial objects that were in Earth orbit before the launch of humanity’s first satellites.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
Other elements of Dockery’s space might be a bit more in budget, like this space-age lamp from Sézane, or this dusty blue waffle blanket from Boll & Branch.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2026
This space-age pack was literally designed for Skimo races before recreationalist ultralighters picked up on the magic.
—Anthony Walsh, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
Meanwhile Villaroel has argued that lights in the sky that appeared on pre-space-age photographic plates could indicate artificial objects that were in Earth orbit before the launch of humanity’s first satellites.
—Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for space-age
Adjective
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Yet another secondary effect of the Iran war is the expansion of modern drone warfare to the Persian Gulf region.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Clinics use modern equipment and high-quality materials and keep prices affordable.—
K.H. Koehler,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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The film has also landed a pair of high-profile new additions.—
Kennedy French,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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There was a lot wrong with it, and new things were going wrong all the time, but many of the old things that had been going wrong were also getting fixed.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
8 May 2026
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Yet cross-cultural influence continues to be a key subject of art history, and quotation is still a commonplace practice in contemporary art.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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British literature of the Romantic, or modern, or contemporary periods; and then film or, finally, linguistics.—
Michael Gorra,
The New York Review of Books,
1 May 2026
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“Space-age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/space-age. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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