Gilded Age

Example Sentences

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This stark contrast has created what feels like a new Gilded Age in commercial travel, experts say.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 2026

Ford captured this at the end of his piece: American progressivism emerged out of a rejection of corruption and self-dealing in the Gilded Age.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

"This is the first opportunity where it's clear I have an opening where I will finish The Gilded Age in mid-August, and go into rehearsal for Hay Fever a few days later," she said.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei mused in a 38-page essay last week that today’s wealth inequality recalls the late 19th century’s Gilded Age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 1, 2026

Not accidentally, these novels coincided with America’s Gilded Age, the era of overnight fortunes and conspicuous spending that followed in the wake of the Civil War.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times