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dread

[dred] / drɛd /






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Lots of people may ask this question as excitement or dread builds around the PBS debut of “The Forsytes.”

From Salon

On Monday, shares of JPMorgan and its competitors fell some 4% as a sense of dread about artificial intelligence and its broader economic effects gripped the market.

From Barron's

“I want people to feel better, not a deep sense of existential dread.”

From The Wall Street Journal

One piece of data triggers optimism, followed just days, or hours, later by apocalyptic dread.

From Barron's

Executive produced by the Duffer Brothers of ‘Stranger Things,’ this series follows an engaged couple on an overlong and aimless journey filled with creepiness and dread.

From The Wall Street Journal