Gilded Age
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Texas churches also spoke out against inequality during the Gilded Age — a late 19th-century period of rapid industrial growth that produced extreme wealth inequality, Locke said.
From Salon ● Aug. 3, 2026
The Gilded Age titans did more than build railroads.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 13, 2026
The disparity is fueling inequality to a degree that may be closer to the Gilded Age of the late 1800s than the inflationary 1970s, says Swonk.
From Barron's ● Jun. 10, 2026
Americans from the Gilded Age saw the Declaration as their own possession, not merely an object for study.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 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
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