banner year
Exceptionally successful stretch
A banner year is an exceptionally successful or productive period—one worth celebrating, as if hanging a banner to commemorate it.
The phrase usually describes financial performance, harvests, or personal achievements: It was a banner year for the company, She had a banner year, winning three tournaments.
Sometimes used ironically for notably bad years.
Exceeding prior bests
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- personal bestOne's top performance
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
accomplishment · peak performance · best ever · all-time high · crowning achievement · standout · exceptional · landmark
Unusually large harvest
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- profitsFinancial surplus after costs
- revenue growthIncrease in business income
- economic boomSustained period of growth
lucrative · surplus · abundance · golden age · market gains · profitable · expansion · upturn
Formally remembering something significant
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- looking backRecalling what happened before
- reflectingBouncing back light
toasting · honoring · recognizing · highlights · tributes · accolades · awards season · recognition ceremony
record-breaking
Exceeding prior bests
- breakthroughSudden important advance
- milestoneNotable event marking progress
- personal bestOne's top performance
triumph · accomplishment · peak performance · best ever · all-time high · crowning achievement · standout · exceptional · landmark · high point
bumper crop
Unusually large harvest
- windfallUnanticipated lucky gain
- profitsFinancial surplus after costs
- revenue growthIncrease in business income
economic boom · lucrative · surplus · abundance · golden age · market gains · profitable · expansion · upturn · wealth
commemorating
Formally remembering something significant
- anniversaryRecurring memorial date
- jubileeSpecial anniversary observance
- looking backRecalling what happened before
reflecting · toasting · honoring · recognizing · highlights · tributes · accolades · awards season · recognition ceremony
- years
- golden daysglory days, golden age, golden era, golden period, good old days