catastrophic

Example Sentences

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In 2009, he told me, he worked on a graduate research project on exactly that chokepoint: how critical it was, how catastrophic its closure would be for the global economy.

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

But premiums also cover catastrophic events like hospital stays after a car crash or cancer treatment.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

And economic research indicates catastrophic job loss like the kind Holland feared happens at an industry level, not as a broader, economy-wide effect.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

The country is still recovering from catastrophic floods and landslides in 2023.

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

The possibility of a runaway greenhouse effect suggests that we have to be careful: Even a one- or two-degree rise in the global temperature can have catastrophic consequences.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan