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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
  • Yes, these Eagles have been to hell.
    Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The press helped to turn public opinion against the war, not because the press was antiwar or even had a politics but because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.
    Louis Menand, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The inferno moved rapidly, quickly engulfing the chapel – with an unknown number of people still inside.
    Holly Yan, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The streamer will also be on stage for a panel about Paul Greengrass’ The Lost Bus, in which a wayward school bus driver and a dedicated school teacher battle to save 22 children from a terrifying inferno.
    The Deadline Team, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025

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“Perdition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perdition. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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