end-time

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Recent Examples of end-time The second was believing that the end-time wasn’t coming at all. Chloe Breyer, New York Daily News, 22 Mar. 2026 Theory of the end-times The contents of Thiel’s sessions are private, but likely to follow a similar format to his previous lectures. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 16 Mar. 2026 As the American and Israeli war with Iran unfolds, some American Christians are speaking of the conflict in biblical terms, mapping end-time prophecies on to current events in the Middle East. Shalom Goldman, The Conversation, 12 Mar. 2026 He was raised Presbyterian but exposed to a swirl of end-times ideas. E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 Here are the start and end-times for each portion of the upcoming free play period. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 Through a combination of luck, years of comedic development, and a coincidence of historical timing, Marc Maron has become a peak comedian of the end-times at a period of American life when the inescapable cultural background noise is apocalyptic doomsaying. Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2025 Lori and Chad Daybell adopted end-times religious beliefs and claimed they had been called to fulfill a divine mission. Perry Vandell, AZCentral.com, 4 May 2025 Under Kale’s leadership, the church focused on the end-times, frequently reading from the Book of Revelation, former members say. Guthrie Scrimgeour, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for end-time
Noun
  • The atom bomb was the hot force which secularized Armageddon.
    Ed Simon August 18, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • But none of this means the robot apocalypse is imminent.
    Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 6 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • The doomsday view has sparked a heated debate, with critics insisting the selloff is overdone.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Please don't waste my time filling up the mailbox with big shiny cards that scream doomsday insults about your opponents.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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

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“End-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end-time. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.

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