often attributive
1
: a day of final judgment
2
: a time of catastrophic destruction and death
Examples of doomsday in a Sentence
a warning that doomsday is near
The book explores a doomsday scenario in which an asteroid hits the Earth.
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Most people exist on the opposite end of the spectrum from doomsday preppers who do things like build bunkers and underground food storage.
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
When did the need for a lunar doomsday vault hit home for you?
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 31 July 2024
The easiest way for Congress to deal with this doomsday deadline is to simply tap general tax revenues to avoid the cuts, thereby breaking the linkage between payroll taxes and Social Security benefits.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024
After the clock struck midnight on the second millennium — and doomsday didn’t come — the director remembers a sense of malaise settling over the country.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
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Umair Irfan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
When did the need for a lunar doomsday vault hit home for you?
—Byerik Stokstad, science.org, 31 July 2024
The easiest way for Congress to deal with this doomsday deadline is to simply tap general tax revenues to avoid the cuts, thereby breaking the linkage between payroll taxes and Social Security benefits.
—Dylan Matthews, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024
After the clock struck midnight on the second millennium — and doomsday didn’t come — the director remembers a sense of malaise settling over the country.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 15 Aug. 2024
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“Doomsday.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doomsday. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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