heyday

Magical realism was in its heyday, and Gabriel García Márquez was becoming its patron saint.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Even if you aren’t old enough to remember the heyday of Columbia House, you’re probably familiar with the scam at its center.

From Salon ● Aug. 21, 2026

His anecdotes are punctuated with nervous laughter, although he's better at making eye contact than when we first met in the Killers' heyday.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

“Most of the people that travel the interstate have been in here. I mean, back in the heyday or whatever, we counted—one day, we had 86 people,” he bragged.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026

But superimposed over the ruins was another layer of reality - a spectral mirage of the palace as it must have appeared in its heyday.

From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan

I’m seeing people get excited about these bands that were never popular in their heydays, which is kind of cool, but also funny.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

In some ways, the current versions of the Seahawks and Patriots are reminiscent of both of their heydays.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026

Volkswagen is trying to tap some of that nostalgia in its latest push to regain the status and sales it enjoyed in the United States during the Beetle’s and Microbus’s heydays in the 1960s.

From New York Times ● Feb. 20, 2024

Rankin, who was once labelled a 'bad boy' celebrity photographer, has mellowed since the Britpop heydays of the noughties and becoming a father.

From BBC ● Jan. 22, 2024

Even in heydays of poverty, and poor as she was, you know, notwithstanding our true love for each other, and close intimacy, I never could induce Lucy to receive a cent.

From Miles Wallingford Sequel to "Afloat and Ashore" by James Fenimore Cooper