silver age

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Recent Examples on the Web 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
  • Boosted by the pandemic and dominated by Amazon, e-commerce sales have risen from less than 1% at the start of the new millennium to 16% of total U.S. retail sales this year, according to Census Bureau data compiled by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.
    Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The comedian anchored the segment for his two-year stint — from 1998 to 2000 — on the show. 10 of 16 Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon: 2000 to 2004 The new millennium saw a lot of changes at Saturday Night Live.
    Stephanie Sengwe, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • In a golden age of shortstops, Adames, 29, has quietly been one of baseball’s best over the last half-decade, ranking ninth among all shortstops in WAR (20.1, per FanGraphs).
    Justice delos Santos, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The witch trials, the golden age of Salem, and Hocus Pocus.
    Shannon Carlin, Rolling Stone, 31 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Back in 2018, Kaws made a spectacular statement with his towering figure made of 70,000 flowers.
    Joelle Diderich, WWD, 4 Nov. 2024
  • An artist customized children’s new kicks per request, painting their names, flowers, and basketballs.
    Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The artworks were found in chambers used by the commander of the Roman troops, and researchers have created a digital reconstruction of what the structure may have looked like in its heyday.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Boxing had few competitors back in its heyday from the 1910s to the 1950s.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024

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“Silver age.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/silver%20age. Accessed 18 Nov. 2024.

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