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

And, while you’re there, you’ll see the story of our golden age in a nutshell.

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

Mr. Curran insists that few writers of the golden age “had an objective other than game-playing,” which was “the primary, rather than a discretionary, component of detective fiction.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

But the arrival of Homo sapiens inaugurated a golden age for the species.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari