the disabled
noun
: people who are disabled : people who have a disability
She's always been an effective spokesperson for the disabled.
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Children under 5, pregnant women, the disabled and the elderly would be among the first to die — not from bullets or bombs but from the conditions created by violence.
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Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
Shortly after the attack, video footage was released by Russian sources that seemed to show the disabled mothership moored near shore.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
The categories of peoples purportedly holding these rights have grown as well, from the disabled to the gender nonconforming to (with limits) youths.
—Sophia Rosenfeld
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Two of the team’s top outfielders, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford, can’t stay off the disabled list.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
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Lydia Polgreen, Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2025
Shortly after the attack, video footage was released by Russian sources that seemed to show the disabled mothership moored near shore.
—Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 6 Oct. 2025
The categories of peoples purportedly holding these rights have grown as well, from the disabled to the gender nonconforming to (with limits) youths.
—Sophia Rosenfeld
september 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Two of the team’s top outfielders, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford, can’t stay off the disabled list.
—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for the disabled
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“The disabled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20disabled. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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