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as in bright
having qualities which inspire hope
this may be your golden moment to impress a baseball scout, so don't blow it
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as in round
marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones
sang in a golden alto that filled the concert hall
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as in thriving
marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically
the golden age of industrialization
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as in blond
of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color
a golden Labrador
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as in promising
pointing toward a happy outcome
that new job is a golden opportunity
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Recent Examples of golden
Turn bread over and continue baking until just golden, about 5-8 minutes longer.
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
Brush with the egg and bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024
While yaks typically have dark brown coats, some are gray, and the rarest of all are golden brown or white.
—Liam Freeman, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
In a test of the technology, a number of the sensor units were attached to the leaves of golden birch trees which were growing in the experimental garden of the University of Tokyo.
—New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2024
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Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 20 Dec. 2024
Brush with the egg and bake until golden brown, 15 to 20 minutes.
—Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2024
While yaks typically have dark brown coats, some are gray, and the rarest of all are golden brown or white.
—Liam Freeman, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2024
In a test of the technology, a number of the sensor units were attached to the leaves of golden birch trees which were growing in the experimental garden of the University of Tokyo.
—New Atlas, 27 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for golden
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Advertisement The Thurman fight was under the bright lights of the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, where Pacquiao had made his boxing home.Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2024
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Walk through the bright lights, go ice skating in the he rink or partake in some fun holiday photo opps.Michele Herrmann, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The central part of the building exhibited Romanesque Revival elements, including round arched nave windows set in round arched panels.Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Dec. 2024
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Pipe batter onto baking sheets (about 9 cookies per sheet) in round rosettes or swirls (2 to 2½ inches wide and ½ inch tall), leaving about ½ inch ofspace between cookies.Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of businesses like ours flourish in a thriving production environment.Erik Hayden, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2024
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Another member, who runs a thriving real estate development company with his family, relied on Quintessentially to help book meal and hotel reservations on a recent six-week-long work trip through the Middle East and Asia.Brienne Walsh, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Platinum blond shades have been trendy in recent years, with stars like Florence Pugh, Lady Gaga and Ashley Benson lightening their locks and embracing ashy peroxide shades.Hannah Malach, WWD, 19 Dec. 2024
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With dark blond hair and hazel eyes, Denise had a youthful beauty and hid her tough circumstances under a devil-may-care attitude.Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024
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Despite a promising early start, with a major win in a playwriting contest, Hanff never succeeded in getting any of her original plays on a Broadway stage.The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 20 Dec. 2024
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The clay dust experiment offers a promising, cost-effective approach to enhancing natural carbon storage with little disruption to marine ecosystems.Scott Travers, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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Still, Wall Street is optimistic about a bounce ahead, with the typical analyst’s price targeting reflecting potential upside of more than 30%.Alex Harring, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
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But no matter how much unease appears in the book, Childish Literature remains affectionate and optimistic, expansive, content at times to be corny.Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 23 Dec. 2024
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His ringing, carefree laugh mixed with soaring rhetoric about democracy, working families and hope.Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2024
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Frey’s slow strumming and ringing, open chords add a country feel to what is, at its essence, an R&B waltz, and Meisner’s walking bass line summons a bluegrass feel.Rob Tannenbaum, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
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Now, all eyes are on the Islamist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) group—a former affiliate—and its leader, Abu Mohammed al-Golani, as questions arise as to his willingness and capacity to come through on promises to eschew extremism and oversee a more prosperous and inclusive future for Syria.Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 24 Dec. 2024
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The second view—people can just move to cheaper cities, because the prosperous city is full up—also ignores basic economics.Richard McGahey, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Golden.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/golden. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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