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zeitgeist

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


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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

Most agree that the zeitgeist of rap started to shift away from the stubbornly anachronistic rapper sometime around the end of the aughts.

From Salon ● Oct. 21, 2026

"It's a unique moment in our collective zeitgeist for sure," says Fratto, but she also thinks that Nvidia's decision to put Jensen Huang on the front of its official merch is also "kind of funny".

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

“Do you represent the zeitgeist of the moment or are you wasting everybody’s time?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

And this active province of Béarn kept pace; it opened quickly to the new influences, was alive to the changing zeitgeist.

From A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees by Edwin Asa Dix


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