salad days

plural noun

Definition of salad daysnext
as in bloom
a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement he worked for NASA in its salad days

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Recent Examples of salad days Remember, the heroic symbols that Ronald Reagan deployed so effectively were swiped from liberalism’s salad days in the Thirties and Forties. — Ann Manov, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026 Against a Rockets team featuring his old pal Kevin Durant, against an organization that anyone who went through the salad days truly, deeply loathes, Green dialed up the intensity and put on a defensive masterclass. — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026 As an elder, Mellencamp often jokes about how many tours he was fired from in his salad days, usually because the headlining acts (KISS, REO Speedwagon, British hard rock act Rainbow) and their audiences didn’t take to his kiss-off attitude and misfit energy. — Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026 April 10–12 and April 17–19 Coachella Sabrina Carpenter, Karol G, and, perhaps most intriguingly, Justin Bieber are the headliners; the lineup also includes Katseye, FKA Twigs, Geese, Sombr, Ethel Cain, and, for millennials chasing their salad days, the Strokes and Foster the People. — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 22 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for salad days

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“Salad days.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salad%20days. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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