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Recent Examples of dystopian
Israel’s tactics in south Lebanon might seem dystopian.
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Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026
The new policy turns the refugees' American Dream into a dystopian nightmare.
—Steve Karnowski, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
In response to a market-moving piece of dystopian fan fiction fearmongering about AI, Citadel Securities put out its own brief on the historical precedent for AI’s impact and the improbability that the technology will render humans unemployable any more than the typewriter or the internet did.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The new policy turns the refugees' American Dream into a dystopian nightmare.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Justin Salhani, The Dial, 5 Mar. 2026
The new policy turns the refugees' American Dream into a dystopian nightmare.
—Steve Karnowski, Arkansas Online, 1 Mar. 2026
In response to a market-moving piece of dystopian fan fiction fearmongering about AI, Citadel Securities put out its own brief on the historical precedent for AI’s impact and the improbability that the technology will render humans unemployable any more than the typewriter or the internet did.
—Tiana Lowe Doescher, The Washington Examiner, 27 Feb. 2026
The new policy turns the refugees' American Dream into a dystopian nightmare.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dystopian
earthly
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During a roughly four-hour timespan centered on the time of perihelion, the comet will appear to pass behind the sun as seen from our earthly perspective, then rapidly swing around and cross in front of the sun.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
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In the album’s most beautiful moments, Triplin makes arpeggios sound like prancing through an earthly paradise and sands off juke’s rough edges to produce rhythms that seem to chug along in the margins of a daydreaming brain.—
Kiana Mickles,
Pitchfork,
5 Mar. 2026
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“Dystopian.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dystopian. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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