as in disaster
the day the world ends or is destroyed
a warning that doomsday is near doomsday predictions
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Recent Examples of doomsday
But that is doomsday-thinking, and a 4-1 victory does not deserve such doubts.
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Filip Bondy,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Faris embraced Laurie with frizzy blonde hair and doomsday preparations as a result of her traumatic experiences.
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Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
Tomorrow may, in fact, be doomsday.
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Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
This is not a future climate doomsday scenario.
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Daniela Flores,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
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Filip Bondy,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2026
Faris embraced Laurie with frizzy blonde hair and doomsday preparations as a result of her traumatic experiences.
—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
10 June 2026
Tomorrow may, in fact, be doomsday.
—
Jonathan Odden,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
This is not a future climate doomsday scenario.
—
Daniela Flores,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
2 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for doomsday
Recent Examples of Synonyms for doomsday
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Rodríguez said numerous public officials died in the disaster, including security personnel, municipal employees and military officers.
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The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.
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The same year, another, longer-running TV version focused on the story of survivors after an alien apocalypse that had wiped out most of the Earth's population.
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Closing the Manhattan Bridge, diverting traffic, and managing the safety of staging a zombie apocalypse downtown required the cooperation and manpower of multiple agencies with their own sets of pressing priorities and responsibilities.
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In the work of fiction, the ship is taken over to prevent catastrophe.
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The young girls are referred to as Heaven’s 27 by their surviving families, who are determined to honor their legacy by ensuring such a catastrophe never happens again.
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Vibrations from earth-moving equipment could have triggered further collapses, possibly dooming Gil — and his would-be rescuers.
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Historians have devoted enormous attention to the collapse of the royal courts, the creation of state judiciaries, the drafting of new constitutions, and the construction of the legal institutions of the new republic.
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During the June 23 meeting, residents urged city officials to keep funding the team to prevent future tragedies.
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Here are the most significant developments since the tragedy occurred.
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The atom bomb was the hot force which secularized Armageddon.
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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.
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There have been few comments about improvements or calamities, other than the usual notes that battery life was reduced immediately after installation, which is commonplace.
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Residents of La Guaira, ground zero of the calamity, said food and water remained in short supply, despite the massive aid effort.
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsday. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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