The phrase "a glossy year" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a year that is characterized by brightness, success, or a polished appearance, often in a metaphorical sense.
Example: "After a series of successful projects and positive developments, we can confidently say that this has been a glossy year for our company."
Alternatives: "a shining year" or "a brilliant year".
But Rosen's biggest new venture, a glossy, year-old events magazine called Live!, is losing money.
The floor was bamboo slats, worn to a glossy smoothness by years of bare feet.
It was brought back as a glossy tabloid a couple years later, but then folded again.
Slipping through the snazzy automatic glass doors, we were taken aback by the interior -- a glossy revamp, about five years old, of the pre-World War I hotel.
T, published 15 times a year, is a glossy, unabashed tribute to the good life, as defined in its pages by Hästens mattress and box spring sets starting at $4,475, Swiss "coffee centers" topping $3,600, and a Roger Vivier satin clutch with silver sequins going for $15,000.
In creating an apple that packs well, looks terrific, shines to a glossy polish and can live year-round in cold storage, the growers have produced something many of them no longer recognize.
A thought experiment: Imagine a happier alternative universe in which Ms. Kennedy's brother, John F. Kennedy Jr., had not died in a plane crash, but ran a glossy political magazine for several years, actively raised some children, served on a bunch of boards and then decided, at age 50 or so, to seek public office.
Instead of having a local crowd and people/families who came to celebrate there repeatedly as part of their traditions, he replaced it with a glossy bar filled with twenty-something year old kids who have no loyalty (they'll be on to the next new place tomorrow).
It's a bit unusual to join a school midway through term, but an exception was made for Forrester, who is a glossy-coated two-year-old roan shorthorn bull.
holidaylettings.co.uk At first glance this stone cottage outside Fiscardo looks new but don't be fooled; beneath a glossy modern renovation lies a 200 year-old building.
As half of the acclaimed sibling duo the Belle Brigade, Gruska turned heads a few years ago with a glossy, highly detailed sound that earned him and his sister, Barbara, admiring comparisons to the Beach Boys and the Eagles.
