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apocalyptic

[uh-pok-uh-lip-tik] / əˌpɒk əˈlɪp tɪk /
ADJECTIVE
fateful
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As utopian accelerationists and apocalyptic doomers battle over competing visions of artificial intelligence’s future, a third group has quietly applied the still-evolving technology to the problems of the present.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

This is very bad, although hardly a Ghostbusters-style, apocalyptic vision that includes human sacrifice and mass hysteria.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Italian football journalist James Horncastle said: "It was called apocalyptic the first time they missed out. I don't know what stage of the apocalypse we are in now."

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

There are reasons to question the most apocalyptic forecasts.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 16, 2026

Plus a former derivatives trader with an apocalyptic streak who knew how these big Wall Street firms worked.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis




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