zeitgeist
Example Sentences
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“Sinners” was one of the few zeitgeist defining movies of recent years in part because millions of us saw it together, in theaters, in the span of a few weeks.
Sheridan Clayborne, a young man working in the AI-startup scene, seemed to embody the current zeitgeist when he was quoted this past fall in the San Francisco Standard.
Sometimes the best “SNL” sketch isn’t just the funniest, but the one that is perfectly timed, with exactly the right host for just the moment in the zeitgeist for it to hit the hardest.
From Los Angeles Times
“All of these developments reflect years of work behind the scenes, but they are hitting the public zeitgeist now,” Federer said.
From MarketWatch
The consequences of this tectonic shift and accelerated deglobalization are higher borrowing costs, fiat currency depreciation, higher inflation, and for countries failing to adjust to the new zeitgeist, Strategas warns, a falling standard of living, a loss of geopolitical influence, capital outflows and austerity.
From MarketWatch
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