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Recent Examples of Synonyms for catastrophe
Noun
  • States like Florida could be forced to assume billions in costs for health care and disaster preparedness.
    Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025
  • Some states, including Florida and Texas, are already adequately prepared for disasters, according to the acting chief.
    Gabriela Aoun Angueira, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Kennedy's new vision — and view of past 'failures' At times, Kennedy has praised the staff of HHS.
    Selena Simmons-Duffin, NPR, 13 May 2025
  • Scientists at a California biotech company first identified the disease, which, if left untreated, can lead to liver failure and death.
    Scott Suckow, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • That was just one of the invigorating new ideas Danny Boyle brought to the zombie apocalypse genre with 28 Days Later in 2002.
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 16 May 2025
  • Attendees were angry about potential automation, copyright infringement, affronts to human dignity, and a robot apocalypse.
    Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • And a drowning tragedy struck a TikTok influencer's family.
    Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 20 May 2025
  • Few legacies in American motorsports carry the same weight, and even fewer families are as synonymous with both triumph and tragedy.
    Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • The de facto trade embargo between the world’s two largest economies had produced domestic and global economic pressure that appeared on the brink of calamity.
    Phil Mattingly, CNN Money, 12 May 2025
  • This belies the notion that the CCP would be a reliable partner if the world ever faced calamity again.
    Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025
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“Catastrophe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/catastrophe. Accessed 27 May. 2025.

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