as in disaster
the day the world ends or is destroyed
a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions
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Recent Examples of doomsday
Some, like the story on billionaire doomsday preppers, was groundbreaking.
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Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 June 2025
The actress even takes some notes from her character Kimmy Schmidt, a woman who reclaims her life in New York City after being rescued from a doomsday cult.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 June 2025
The doomsday scenario is easy to imagine: powerful tools controlled by even more powerful companies, producing infinite, low-cost content.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 4 June 2025
Since then, transit officials and the 3,000 workers, many of them union members who run the trains and buses that make up the umbrella Regional Transportation Authority, are predicting doomsday scenarios next year without an injection of cash.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
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Frank Langfitt, NPR, 22 June 2025
The actress even takes some notes from her character Kimmy Schmidt, a woman who reclaims her life in New York City after being rescued from a doomsday cult.
—Anna Halkidis, Parents, 17 June 2025
The doomsday scenario is easy to imagine: powerful tools controlled by even more powerful companies, producing infinite, low-cost content.
—Lila Shapiro, Vulture, 4 June 2025
Since then, transit officials and the 3,000 workers, many of them union members who run the trains and buses that make up the umbrella Regional Transportation Authority, are predicting doomsday scenarios next year without an injection of cash.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 23 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomsday
Noun
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As someone takes on roles that have elements of power associated with it, that can be a recipe for disaster.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Lighting effects, which demonstrate how self-driving vehicles avoid disaster, may give vibes from Magic Kingdom’s Tron Lightcycle / Run coaster.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 June 2025
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The film, as per the press notes, redefines human fears in the face of apocalypse in a contemporary dystopia that puts Black and Indigenous characters at the center of a story about people defending their land from those who would kill them for it without a second thought.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
3 July 2025
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Ramsey currently stars as apocalypse survivor Ellie on the HBO zombie drama The Last of Us; it was renewed for Season 3 in April, days ahead of the Season 2 premiere.—
Dave Nemetz,
TVLine,
2 July 2025
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Automatic proposal drafting, data ingestion, and benchmarking collapse non-billable hours, freeing margin that can be redeployed as fee discounts or reinvested in service upgrades or tooling.—
Noah Ohrner,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Metallica famously initiated the landmark lawsuit against peer-to-peer file sharing company Napster in 2000, which led to further suits that ultimately caused the company's initial collapse.—
Peter Aitken,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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While most Americans celebrated Independence Day, a tragedy unfolded in Central Texas.—
The Editors,
National Review,
7 July 2025
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For past campers, the tragedy turned happy memories into grief.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 July 2025
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In one fell swoop, though, Trump not only saved Israel and the Middle East from a nuclear Armageddon, but possibly western civilization as well.—
Peter Lucas,
Boston Herald,
4 July 2025
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While that really isn't saying much, at least Deep Impact sends a team of astronauts (led by Robert Duvall) rather than drillers to deal with the comet hurtling toward Earth, deflecting Ben Affleck's famous critique of Armageddon.—
EW Staff Published,
EW.com,
3 July 2025
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This approach came of age following the ecological calamity of the Dust Bowl of the 1930s and remains the planet’s most successful conservation approach.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Promises to be full of dry banter in the face of historical upheaval and emotional calamity, which is my favorite Alameddine mode.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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