golden age

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Though there were misses like the 1960s-era Picture Phone, which was too expensive and clunky for its day, its golden age lasted from the late 1920s until the 1980s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026

This is the golden age of baseball in Southern California.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

"The Hobby-Eberly is a pioneering telescope. And with new, complementary instruments coming online, we're entering a golden age for mapping the cosmos."

From Science Daily • Mar. 8, 2026

Or so Dorothy Sayers claimed in a witty 1935 lecture on the puzzle-plot mysteries that arose during the genre’s golden age in the 1920s and ’30s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

It was a golden age, those few weeks in December and January.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli