zeitgeist
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The prose will be aimed less at the high-falutin readers of literary magazines and more at young people with an interest in the cultural zeitgeist.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
The show, which ran from 2004 to 2007 on NBC, was emblematic of the true-crime-obsessed, tabloid-fueled zeitgeist of the aughts.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
Ultimately, it’s about challenging yourself to get vulnerable, which means many things to Kris, including the courage to stick up for a movie regardless of its current standing in the zeitgeist.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
A stage adaptation can’t duplicate the way Lumet visually distilled the rough-and-tumble New York zeitgeist of the tumultuous early 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026
People all over the world who are really secret agents for some other time zone, some other way of looking at the world, some other zeitgeist.
From Eastern Standard Tribe by Doctorow, Cory
