Gilded Age

Example Sentences

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"More than that, though, it has also become symbolic of a lifestyle of a bygone era -- the type only possible with a Gilded Age fortune."

From Barron's • Nov. 11, 2025

“Inspired by late Gilded Age architecture and completed in 1899 by the celebrated designer John Duncan,” the description said of the property.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 24, 2025

The popularity of the Upper East Side relates to real estate agent Eva Alt’s feeling that we’re in a second Gilded Age.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 15, 2025

Times have changed, but they were already shifting during the actual Gilded Age.

From Salon • Sep. 14, 2025

To some, the multimillion-dollar party that Kozlowski gave on Sardinia to celebrate his wife’s birthday—replete with a vodka-spewing ice sculpture fashioned after Michelangelo’s David—was a modern echo of the lavish celebrations of the Gilded Age.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times