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- noun A
period offast economic growth .
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Examples
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UK cinemas enjoy £1bn boomtime with 3D renaissance
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Our obsession with fabulousness was always very much about a yearning for the impossible, a boomtime obsession with pushing boundaries.
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In 1906 they moved into Goldfield, Nevada, an archetypal mining town where a boomtime veneer concealed a core of ruthless exploitation.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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In 1906 they moved into Goldfield, Nevada, an archetypal mining town where a boomtime veneer concealed a core of ruthless exploitation.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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Okay, 2004 was a boomtime for retailers and 2009-10 was the midst of a recession.
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Two designers clung to the boomtime model of displaying artistic experiments on the runway.
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The story of what followed is a fascinating yarn that may stoke a certain nostalgia with the way it captures a boomtime in the fashion industry, one that could not feel more remote during these recession-weary days.
Cobbler to the Stars 2009
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Patca thinks a stock market that grows 1% a year is boomtime.
McCain continues his ad theme, making fun of the worship of Barack Obama. Ann Althouse 2008
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Patca thinkst that the highest inflation in 20 years is boomtime.
McCain continues his ad theme, making fun of the worship of Barack Obama. Ann Althouse 2008
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Patca thinks that an economy that has lost jobs for 7 months in a row is boomtime - something we should be proud of.
McCain continues his ad theme, making fun of the worship of Barack Obama. Ann Althouse 2008
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