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zeitgeist

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


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Today, brands selling everything from gummies to sneakers and water bottles try to become part of the zeitgeist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 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

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2026

So Sophy left off trying to understand clearly all the "ologies" and fly-wheel within fly-wheel movements of the day, and contented herself with a general apprehension of the zeitgeist.

From Shadows of Flames A Novel by Amélie Rives


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