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
Complicating matters is the charismatic doomsday preacher who is quickly leading the small town to the verge of hysteria.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
That Hawaii Pacific setback immediately sent fans into a tizzy about Rice’s team and its future, including doomsday predictions that the Broncos wouldn’t win 10 games.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Economic doomsday predictions never came to pass, however, in part because the president ultimately dialed back many of the levies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
Gary especially latches on to this scenario and starts to get deep into the doomsday-prepper world.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Mar. 2026
That Hawaii Pacific setback immediately sent fans into a tizzy about Rice’s team and its future, including doomsday predictions that the Broncos wouldn’t win 10 games.
—Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 13 Mar. 2026
Economic doomsday predictions never came to pass, however, in part because the president ultimately dialed back many of the levies.
—Max Zahn, ABC News, 10 Mar. 2026
Gary especially latches on to this scenario and starts to get deep into the doomsday-prepper world.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomsday
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Taken to an extreme, an ever-evolving idea of retirement could outlive drastic institutional change, perhaps enduring longer than the institutions of American democracy or beyond climate disaster.—
Trevor Jackson,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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Steve DeJong will retire from the Homewood Fire Department after more than two decades to accept a position at MABAS Illinois, the statewide mutual aid and disaster response coordinator.—
Evy Lewis,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But none of this means the robot apocalypse is imminent.—
Catherina Gioino,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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With its mix of Norse mythology, eighteenth-century cryptozoology, nineteenth-century science fiction, and the biblical apocalypse, the poem tells of something tragic and mysterious lying just beyond the bounds of human knowing.—
Kathryn Hughes,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Cenotes are freshwater sinkhole caves formed from the collapse of limestone bedrock.—
Ryan Brennan
April 4,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2026
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While the officiating certainly didn’t help the Huskies, their Final Four collapse went far beyond the way the game was called.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
4 Apr. 2026
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In January 2025, 41-year-old Plaza was struck by tragedy when her husband was found dead by suicide inside his Los Angeles home.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Deadly boat tragedies are common in the central African country, where late-night travels and overcrowded vessels are often blamed.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The atom bomb was the hot force which secularized Armageddon.—
Ed Simon
August 18,
Literary Hub,
18 Aug. 2025
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Entire ecosystems of expertise had blossomed in academia and government to model the scenarios that might lead to Armageddon, and the resulting game theory, though sophisticated, was relatively straightforward.—
Andreas Kluth,
Twin Cities,
17 Aug. 2025
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For certain great artists, Meis believes, the creative act is a safe harbor where life’s pressures, exigencies, and calamities aren’t so much denied or resolved as reimagined as pictorial dramas.—
Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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The calamity in the Atlanta race quickly drew comparisons to other errors, where leaders have mistakenly followed lead cars exiting the race course shortly before the finish.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsday. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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