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cataclysm

[kat-uh-kliz-uhm] / ˈkæt əˌklɪz əm /


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Since then, the media world has undergone a cataclysm, as billions of dollars in ad spending migrated from print to online.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

If Blackstone and other lenders recover all or most of their financing, it would buttress their case that investors have overreacted to software cataclysm concerns.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The economic cataclysm caused by artificial intelligence may never come.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

We, on the other hand, will be long gone by then, shriveled by some far more minor cataclysm like the fragile little primates we are.

From Salon • Feb. 25, 2025

Then came the manic convulsions, the spectral fevers, and the sudden cataclysm of his final illness.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee




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