often attributive
1
: a day of final judgment
2
: a time of catastrophic destruction and death
Examples of doomsday in a Sentence
a warning that doomsday is near
The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.
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Amidst a potentially painful transition for big banks, and as the promise of machines doing white-collar jobs spells doomsday for middle management, brand new financial services companies already do more with less.
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Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
The show, a political thriller at first, is revealed to be set in a city-size underground bunker years after a doomsday event.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
Most importantly, despite some doomsday predictions that many jobs will be automated by AI and robotics, Brooks is firmly in the camp that the majority of jobs will be augmented, not automated and replaced, in line with .
—Marcus Weldon, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Legend has it that the creature, known as a 'doomsday fish,' only surfaces from the depths of the ocean when something catastrophic is going to happen.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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Ruth Foxe Blader, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
The show, a political thriller at first, is revealed to be set in a city-size underground bunker years after a doomsday event.
—Leigh Nordstrom, WWD, 24 Feb. 2025
Most importantly, despite some doomsday predictions that many jobs will be automated by AI and robotics, Brooks is firmly in the camp that the majority of jobs will be augmented, not automated and replaced, in line with .
—Marcus Weldon, Newsweek, 24 Feb. 2025
Legend has it that the creature, known as a 'doomsday fish,' only surfaces from the depths of the ocean when something catastrophic is going to happen.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doomsday. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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