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Recent Examples of Synonyms for Götterdämmerung
Noun
  • The celebrity chef’s raw and darkly humorous memoir explores her family’s demise and reconstruction — through divorce, estrangements, a brother’s sudden death and another’s suicide.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Responses that, early on, can feel pragmatic—waiting it out, remaining silent, cutting a deal—only embolden autocrats, leading ultimately to the demise of democracy itself.
    DANIEL ZIBLATT, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • On the other hand, Theo, whose downfall as a great architect definitely put a toll on his self-confidence, decides to build a huge, fancy house for his family.
    Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
  • His downfall had begun weeks earlier, triggered by the discovery of an affair.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Fourth-and-8 isn’t really a great spot to risk a turnover on downs, but with kickoff touchbacks placing teams at the 35-yard line, a turnover at the 39-yard line isn’t particularly damning by comparison.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Amanu, the youngest, is the most experimental, wearing business casual ties and button downs one day and trying on a sequined dress and heels the next.
    Essence, Essence, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Götterdämmerung.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/G%C3%B6tterd%C3%A4mmerung. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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