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

A battle followed, fought in true Gilded Age fashion with oblique snubs and poisonous courtesy.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson