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zeitgeist

[tsahyt-, zahyt-gahyst] / ˈtsaɪt-, ˈzaɪtˌgaɪst /


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We are flirting with a zeitgeist, and we’re able to say in visuals and music and words — not what people want to hear, it’s like what they need to hear.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Pendleton introduced the Westerley sweater in 1974, but it didn’t enter the zeitgeist until 24 years later, when Joel and Ethan Coen released their masterwork.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 25, 2026

When it comes to YouTube, though, he’s firmly in the cultural zeitgeist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

If that’s not breaking the zeitgeist bubble, I don’t know what is.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 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 Cory Doctorow


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