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angst

[ahngkst, angst] / ɑŋkst, æŋst /


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Among white-collar workers in tech and elsewhere, the angst is spreading.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

As the Times’ polling guru Nate Cohn put it, the survey revealed deep angst about being able to meet “the rising price of entry for a middle-class life.”

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Leadership angst remains, and could come roaring back in May.

From BBC • Mar. 21, 2026

Gehry bequeathed blueprints and models, sketches and concepts, for his large and devoted team of younger architects and next-generation visionaries equipped to fabricate our way out of angst.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Here was all the angst I felt before the heroes of February, distilled and quotable.

From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates




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