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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

There is no way to prove this, but perhaps the cataclysm of the war impressed upon that generation the fragility of civilization and learning, and the need to preserve them.

From Salon • Apr. 19, 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

According to the Big Bang theory, the universe came into being in one single moment—a cosmic cataclysm that gave birth to black holes, brown dwarfs, matter and dark matter, energy and dark energy.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon




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