golden
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Synonyms
auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, heartening, hopeful, likely, optimistic, promising, propitious, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, upbeat
Antonyms
bleak, dark, depressing, desperate, discouraging, disheartening, dismal, downbeat, dreary, gloomy, hopeless, inauspicious, pessimistic, unencouraging, unlikely, unpromising, unpropitious
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Remove foil and weights and bake another 5 minutes, until the dough is very light golden. — Amber Turpin, The Mercury News, "How to make Bad Animal’s swoon-worthy tomato tarts," 6 Sep. 2019 Bake until clams are cooked and breadcrumbs are golden brown, about 3-4 minutes. — Claire Perez, sun-sentinel.com, "Clams oreganato stand test of time at Gianni’s in Pompano," 5 Sep. 2019 Brown had a zero-tolerance policy for malcontents with his namesake franchise, and as his Browns won seven championships in 10 years in the All-American Football League and the NFL between 1946 and 1955, his word was golden. — Will Larkin, chicagotribune.com, "Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 8, Doug Atkins," 29 Aug. 2019 Bake both sets, rotating the baking sheets front to back and top to bottom halfway through cooking, until the kolaches are golden brown, about 30 minutes. — Los Angeles Times, "How to make the best kolaches from our favorite NYC pastry chef," 26 Aug. 2019 Dahl published the story of Charlie Bucket, the five golden tickets and Willy Wonka in 1964. — Deborah Fleck, Dallas News, "Watch for 'whimsy and weird sweetness' in Dallas run of 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'," 15 Aug. 2019 Return potatoes to grill, this time uncovered with foil open, and let cook another 15 to 20 minutes, until potatoes are soft inside and tops are golden brown. — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Wisconsin farmers — and diners — dig potatoes of all types and colors," 15 Aug. 2019 The opportunity was golden for Houston to grab momentum. — Chandler Rome, Houston Chronicle, "Things get testy as Astros fall to Angels," 17 July 2019 Ninety-five games into the season, the A’s are 14 games over .500 and holding a golden wild-card ticket to the playoffs. — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, "Matt Chapman’s a fiery leader for the Oakland A’s? Who knew?," 17 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'golden.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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