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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

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

As professional spinners of reputation and reshapers of meaning, marketers have long created newfangled jobs or pithy descriptions to slot their work into the zeitgeist.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 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

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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