golden age

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1. 1

   A period of happiness, peace, prosperity, and great progress.

   • The first half of this century has been referred to as the golden age of medicine. To me it seems more probable that we are on the threshold of a much greater age.
   • That unprecedented act of petulance risks undermining Wall Street’s confidence in the economy and undercutting Trump’s campaign pledge to give the United States another economic “golden age.”
2. 2

   The Golden Age.

3. 3

   The oldest and best of the Classical Ages of Man, when people lived innocent lives of…

   The oldest and best of the Classical Ages of Man, when people lived innocent lives of happiness and prosperity.

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   1. 4

      Any previous period similarly viewed as superior to the present.

      • The tradition of a "Golden Age" is widespread over the world, and it is not necessary to go at any length into the story of the Garden of Eden and the other legends which in almost every country illustrate this tradition.

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