halcyon
Example Sentences
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I had one halcyon year and then it never really abated.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026
With a 70% approval rating and hopes for an improving economy, Takaichi has decided to seize her moment with another tactic from Japan’s halcyon days.
From Barron's • Jan. 14, 2026
We’re stuck in the between years—a dystopian digital doomscape that has job seekers and hirers picking through a landfill of A.I.-generated garbage and longing for the halcyon days of an analog past.
From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025
Alongside Spike's lessons in humanity, Boyle highlights a stagnant culture on the island, which is "not progressive, standing still... looking back to the halcyon days of England".
From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025
The halcyon days at the Tijuana track came to a spectacular end.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.