silver age

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Recent Examples of silver age To modern readers, the silver age comics of the early Marvel era may read as kind of hokey. Joe George, Men's Health, 16 Feb. 2023 That was its golden age, its silver age, its platinum. Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2021 The silver age wrapped up with Walt Disney and his animators balancing the visual ambition of Fantasia with the storytelling of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 11 Jan. 2021 After its first five glorious years, the Lampoon had gradually transitioned to a silver age, and then to an age of progressively baser metals. Benjamin Wallace, HWD, 1 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for silver age
Noun
  • With the new millennium on the horizon, paranoia and excitement swept the country, as the world took guesses about what would happen to computers and the critical infrastructure relying on them.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year’s Eve 1999.
    Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Produced until the mid-1950s, the height of vintage watchmaking’s golden age, this exceedingly elegant minute repeating wristwatch is extremely rare.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
  • In the 1700s and 1800s, and during the golden age of European art and culture, the intellectual salon was a vital hub for the era's most influential figures.
    Vera Maslova, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • According to a video posted by the songstress on Instagram on Tuesday, Dec. 10, the teenagers presented her with a large bouquet of flowers during her Raleigh, North Carolina, concert on Monday, Dec. 9.
    Emma Aerin Becker, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
  • The freezing temperatures caused the loss of two crops –– the crop that was on the tree and the citrus flowers that were starting to bloom for the next crop, Murden said.
    Berenice Garcia, Austin American-Statesman, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • In its heyday, going to the mall was an absolute event that necessitated an outfit worthy of the occasion—we’re talking Abercrombie jeans, Hollister tees, the freshest pair of Converse.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
  • This was during the heyday of the hippie movement and this shift towards embracing that approach was considered controversial at the time.
    Leslie Kelly, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024

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“Silver age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20age. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.

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