end-time

Definition of end-timenext

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Recent Examples of end-time Some cite end-times beliefs and interpretations of biblical prophecies as part of their interest. Bracey Harris, NBC news, 28 Mar. 2026 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 Trump says likewise—and brandishes variations of the QAnon end-time faith to invite his followers to imagine the most gruesome varieties of cosmic comeuppance on offer. Matthew Avery Sutton, Washington Post, 7 May 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
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
  • That presentiment lies behind the many present expressions of apocalypse.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • This helped to set off the SaaS apocalypse.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • For now, oil futures haven’t reached doomsday levels.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 16 May 2026
  • With the turn of the millennium soon coming, the church builds a following with the story of a doomsday apocalypse that only the faithful will be saved from.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • Back in the late ’90s, the Federal Reserve (and everyone else) was sweating a potential Y2K calamity.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 13 May 2026
  • All the sweeping expansiveness snaps shut with a sudden health crisis for Kristen, its onset signaled with masterful concision in a middle-of-the-night calamity that leaves her helpless.
    Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
Noun
  • Boeing has reached confidential pre-trial settlements in most of the dozens of wrongful death lawsuits filed in connection with the Ethiopian Airlines disaster and a similar 737 Max crash five months earlier off the coast of Indonesia that together killed 346 people.
    Rio Yamat, Fortune, 15 May 2026
  • But the 48-year-old former San Francisco County supervisor’s solution — a single-payer-style public disaster insurance program — is poorly defined and presents an enormous risk for a state struggling with chronic deficits.
    Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
Noun
  • For much the same reason, developers, architects and builders are starting to stress proactively designing for climate catastrophe.
    Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Local elections in England are usually low-stakes affairs, but this year’s results proved to be a catastrophe for the Labour Party.
    Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 14 May 2026

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“End-time.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/end-time. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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