judgment day
noun
1
capitalized J&D
: the day of God's judgment of humankind at the end of the world according to various theologies
2
: a day of final judgment
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There’s an initial Eden, a paradise, a state of grace and unity with nature, there’s a fall from grace into a state of pollution as a result of eating from the tree of knowledge, and as a result of our actions there is a judgment day coming for us all.
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Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
Hunter Biden is nearing judgment day in an Arkansas lawsuit to reduce his child support and prevent his daughter from taking his last name.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
Bryan Hill runs the public power utility in Page, Arizona, where the federal dam is located, and likens the situation to judgment day.
—René Marsh, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
Now judgment day is here, and the only true research on the plant is being funded by a mine.
—Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021
Wednesday is judgment day for Scotland’s independence efforts.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2022
Bryan Hill, general manager of the public power utility in Page, Arizona, likened the situation to judgment day.
—René Marsh and Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 3 May 2022
Boudin’s judgment day will be part of the statewide June primary ballot and a much larger pool of largely Democratic electorate — not single-issue voters.
—Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2022
Wednesday marks judgment day for the platform's relationship with former President Donald Trump, with the decision on whether he should be reinstated resting with its oversight board.
—Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 5 May 2021
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Tilak Doshi, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
Hunter Biden is nearing judgment day in an Arkansas lawsuit to reduce his child support and prevent his daughter from taking his last name.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 3 June 2023
Bryan Hill runs the public power utility in Page, Arizona, where the federal dam is located, and likens the situation to judgment day.
—René Marsh, CNN, 30 Apr. 2022
Now judgment day is here, and the only true research on the plant is being funded by a mine.
—Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 June 2021
Wednesday is judgment day for Scotland’s independence efforts.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 22 Nov. 2022
Bryan Hill, general manager of the public power utility in Page, Arizona, likened the situation to judgment day.
—René Marsh and Rachel Ramirez, CNN, 3 May 2022
Boudin’s judgment day will be part of the statewide June primary ballot and a much larger pool of largely Democratic electorate — not single-issue voters.
—Joe Garofoli, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Apr. 2022
Wednesday marks judgment day for the platform's relationship with former President Donald Trump, with the decision on whether he should be reinstated resting with its oversight board.
—Rick Klein, Averi Harper, ABC News, 5 May 2021
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First Known Use
1544, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Judgment Day
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: the day of the final judging of all human beings by God
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