gaslit
2 of 2past and past participle of gaslight entry 2
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Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute.
—New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
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Opponents say legislature is ‘being gaslit’ For some, however, the chatbot bill is worse than no bill.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 26 Apr. 2026
But underneath the skepticism, something else nagged at me: the sense that my incertitude was a metastasis of our jittery, gaslit world, where baseline reality is increasingly in dispute.
—New York Times, 27 Aug. 2019
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“Gaslit.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gaslit. Accessed 6 May. 2026.
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