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zeitgeist

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


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But for the next couple of nights in L.A., a genuinely beguiling and astringent new rock band is at the height of its powers and has captured the zeitgeist.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

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

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

His mid-20th century style reflects both the European zeitgeist and his own exuberantly analytic big-picture sensibility.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

"It's not an exciting place to shop, or what it used to be for kids around Christmas. Under a new ownership you'd hope they could get it back into the zeitgeist."

From BBC ● Aug. 6, 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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