1984

American  

1. an antiutopian novel (1949) by George Orwell.

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Example Sentences

Olympic volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times

Stasevska was born in 1984, the same year that Glass’ hypnotic, ritualistic opera, about an Egyptian pharaoh who dared to push monotheism onto his polytheistic culture, debuted in Stuttgart, Germany.

From Los Angeles Times

His first family meeting was in 1984.

From The Wall Street Journal

James Cameron’s 1984 action classic, The Terminator, introduced us to a dystopian future run by an AI-powered computer system dubbed “Skynet,” described as “a new order of intelligence” that saw “all people as a threat.”

From Barron's

Wednesday's budget also proposed withdrawing US$19 billion from Hong Kong's Exchange Fund, which if approved would be the first such move since 1984.

From Barron's