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Recent Examples of perdition Appropriately for a fantasy of perdition suited to this nihilistic century, the logic of eternal punishment remains opaque. Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025 The perdition market did not respond to Newsweek's request for comment asking if an announcement like FanDuel's would follow. Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 Or did Christ die only for us, leaving any other creatures to a kind of limbo or perdition? Amelia Soth, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2024 Although Adolf Hitler met his road to perdition, Joseph Stalin survived and extended his despotism. Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 14 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for perdition
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Noun
  • The Bible refers to the eagle, which refers to America, the fourth seal broken, and hell coming to Earth.
    Jack Dunn, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Lee’s just about to explain Betty Jo’s absence when those cops that hate him — last seen at Dale’s memorial — scoop him up and deliver him to hell.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The scrutiny comes after the arrest of Jonathan Rinderknecht, who is accused of setting a smaller blaze six days earlier that authorities say sparked the larger inferno.
    Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 11 Oct. 2025
  • His partner also appeared to help pull the man away from the inferno.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2025

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“Perdition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perdition. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.

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