Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The period in American history from about 1870 to 1900, during which rapid industrialization, a labor pool swelled by immigration, and minimal governmental regulation allowed the upper classes to accumulate great wealth and enjoy opulent lifestyles.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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An important influence at that point was my extracurricular reading about the Gilded Age and its legacy.
The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010
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In a summary that would have warmed the heart of Mark Hanna, the great political fixer of the Gilded Age, Emanuel reportedly told staffers: The first third of your campaign is money, money, money.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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In a summary that would have warmed the heart of Mark Hanna, the great political fixer of the Gilded Age, Emanuel reportedly told staffers: The first third of your campaign is money, money, money.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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In a summary that would have warmed the heart of Mark Hanna, the great political fixer of the Gilded Age, Emanuel reportedly told staffers: The first third of your campaign is money, money, money.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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In a summary that would have warmed the heart of Mark Hanna, the great political fixer of the Gilded Age, Emanuel reportedly told staffers: The first third of your campaign is money, money, money.
Winner-Take-All Politics Jacob S. Hacker 2010
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An important influence at that point was my extracurricular reading about the Gilded Age and its legacy.
The Rise and Fall of Bear Stearns Alan C. Greenberg 2010
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The Gilded Age, with its obsession with outward displays of wealth and success, with its Victorian rules and elaborate codes of behavior, was necessarily a time of glittering surfaces and audacious hypocrites.
Archive 2008-09-01 Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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The Gilded Age, with its obsession with outward displays of wealth and success, with its Victorian rules and elaborate codes of behavior, was necessarily a time of glittering surfaces and audacious hypocrites.
Interview with Anna Godbersen, Author of The Luxe Series Elizabeth Kerri Mahon 2008
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In the Gilded Age, in the fetid atmosphere of the Tweed ring, the lower New York bench distinguished itself for corruption.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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In the Gilded Age, in the fetid atmosphere of the Tweed ring, the lower New York bench distinguished itself for corruption.
A History of American Law Lawrence M. Friedman 1985
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