as in disruption
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed
the slightest dislocation in her daily routine bothered the elderly woman
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Recent Examples of dislocation
Second, this year will also bring rising dislocation to the AI space, according to the analyst.
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
His wrist was still swollen from early in-season surgery to repair a dislocation that happened against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 4.
—Juston Lewis, Florida Times-Union, 17 Jan. 2026
There are shades of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea here, the supreme dislocation of being a person in a world where others are so utterly unknowable.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
But at ultra-high strain rates, dislocations accelerate fast enough to start interacting with the material’s vibrating atoms.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
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Pia Singh, CNBC, 20 Jan. 2026
His wrist was still swollen from early in-season surgery to repair a dislocation that happened against the San Francisco 49ers in Week 4.
—Juston Lewis, Florida Times-Union, 17 Jan. 2026
There are shades of Jean-Paul Sartre’s Nausea here, the supreme dislocation of being a person in a world where others are so utterly unknowable.
—Literary Hub, 14 Jan. 2026
But at ultra-high strain rates, dislocations accelerate fast enough to start interacting with the material’s vibrating atoms.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 12 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislocation
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Amazon also pointed to manufacturing disruptions, the failure and grounding of new launch vehicles and limitations on spaceport capacity.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
31 Jan. 2026
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The weather was already causing havoc in the air — with about 1,000 flight disruptions at CLT airport — and on the ground, with State Highway Patrol handling over 175 wrecks so far.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
31 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Drinking has been found to increase the risk of many cancers, metabolic dysfunction, gut microbiome disturbances and mitochondrial toxins, Hyman said.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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However, these components proved too vulnerable to the extreme conditions, including intense shock waves and aerodynamic disturbances at low altitudes.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Dislocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocation. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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