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as in disasters
a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction
the earthquake and the ensuing damage was the worst tragedy to ever befall the city
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as in misfortunes
bad luck or an example of this
it's the tragedy of many great artists not to be recognized for their genius until after they're dead
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Recent Examples of tragedies
The effort to both support and regulate DCF comes at a time when the department is being criticized for its handling of several recent tragedies involving children.
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Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
Those scenes' lighthearted whimsy, featuring late-night hijinks with classmates pranking grumpy instructors, pays off in the story's earliest tragedies.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
These tragedies and others show that generative AI can potentially play a role in harming people, organizations and the environment.
—Anat Lior, Fortune, 30 May 2026
The new research, shedding light on one of history's most infamous Arctic tragedies, was led by researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
The effort, the most ambitious in the nation, was intended to protect students from similar tragedies.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The world must stop treating these separations as temporary wartime tragedies and begin preparing for the long search that many families may face.
—Sara Huston, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
These tragedies and others show that generative AI can potentially play a role in harming people, organizations and the environment.
—Anat Lior, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Other players have dealt with personal and national tragedies and still thrived on the court.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
Laura Tillman, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
Those scenes' lighthearted whimsy, featuring late-night hijinks with classmates pranking grumpy instructors, pays off in the story's earliest tragedies.
—Jordan Minor, PC Magazine, 1 June 2026
These tragedies and others show that generative AI can potentially play a role in harming people, organizations and the environment.
—Anat Lior, Fortune, 30 May 2026
The new research, shedding light on one of history's most infamous Arctic tragedies, was led by researchers at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
—Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026
The effort, the most ambitious in the nation, was intended to protect students from similar tragedies.
—Clare Amari, New York Times, 27 May 2026
The world must stop treating these separations as temporary wartime tragedies and begin preparing for the long search that many families may face.
—Sara Huston, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
These tragedies and others show that generative AI can potentially play a role in harming people, organizations and the environment.
—Anat Lior, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
Other players have dealt with personal and national tragedies and still thrived on the court.
—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 24 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tragedies
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For all the negative coverage, aesthetic arguments about climbing styles, the controversies and disasters, Everest continues to be at the heart of so many dreams and ambitions — even for old hands, like Cotter.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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The third challenge is time pressure, especially in areas recovering from disasters.—
Cyril PETIT,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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Farmers markets — that humble and charming throwback to a bygone era — are also struggling with higher fuel prices, after weathering the economic calamities of the pandemic and other misfortunes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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The Philadelphia singer-songwriter seeks out the mystical potential of quotidian misfortunes in a set of psychedelic-of-center bedroom pop songs.—
Lily Goldberg,
Pitchfork,
8 Apr. 2026
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The California manufacture has unveiled a beastly off-roader that can be kitted out to protect you from any pending world-wide catastrophes.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
30 May 2026
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The catastrophes are not hypothetical.—
Shlomit Wagman,
Fortune,
30 May 2026
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The winter had been a season of calamities, with one emergency or challenge after another.—
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2026
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Farmers markets — that humble and charming throwback to a bygone era — are also struggling with higher fuel prices, after weathering the economic calamities of the pandemic and other misfortunes.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2026
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Based on Thornton Wilder’s The Skin of Our Teeth, the surrealist musical follows one nuclear family across thousands of years and three apocalypses.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
10 Dec. 2025
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And a lot of the pseudepigrapha, like the fake gospels and fake apocalypses, fill in gaps in the record that can serve latter-day, post-biblical purposes.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Tragedies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tragedies. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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