1
as in dementia
a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life
given powerful drugs to treat his derangement
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as in disruption
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed
the derangement of the carefully organized event by a single freak accident
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Noun
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Be smart: Keeping your brain on its toes, so to speak, can help prevent dementia.—
Carly Mallenbaum,
Axios,
7 May 2025 -
Social isolation is a leading risk factor for a wide range of serious health problems, including heart disease, stroke, Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia.—
Rob Simmelkjaer,
New York Daily News,
6 May 2025
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And so, look, obviously there's been some disruption.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2025
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Massive flocks of passenger pigeons, which had once numbered in the billions, were wiped out due to overhunting, habitat destruction and the disruption of their migratory patterns.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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As part of an agreement between defense and prosecuting attorneys, 35-year-old Bryson Levy was found not guilty by reason of insanity on Feb. 4.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
9 May 2025
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Dominguez has pleaded not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity to the stabbings two years ago that killed David Breaux, 50, and Karim Abou Najm, 20, as well as the near-fatal attack on Guillory.—
Darrell Smith,
Sacbee.com,
8 May 2025
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On a random note: Long before those assignments, Chuck was pepper-sprayed covering the disturbances in Miami the morning Elián Gonzalez was whisked away by federal authorities.—
Charles Rabin,
Miami Herald,
12 May 2025
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There isn’t much built in to withstand those kinds of disturbances or fluctuations.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
9 May 2025
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The White House has cited legislation passed during the peak of the nation’s Cold War hysteria, like the McCarran-Walter Act of 1952, which expanded the government’s deportation powers.—
Rick Baldoz,
The Conversation,
30 Apr. 2025
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The rumors stem from the discoveries of eight bodies across Rhode Island, Connecticut and Massachusetts between March and April, fueling hysteria of a potential New England serial killer on Facebook, TikTok and other social media.—
Audrey Conklin,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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And, last weekend, in the midst of Met Gala madness, the four iconic artist-entrepreneurs were reunited at the show’s 20th anniversary.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
14 May 2025
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In some Asian and Middle Eastern traditions, dementia was historically associated with madness or idiocy.—
Marion Renault,
The Atlantic,
13 May 2025
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Related article ‘This ain’t your mother’s marijuana’: Surgeon General warns pregnant women and youth about pot risks Young people who use marijuana are more likely to develop long-lasting mental disorders, including depression, social anxiety and schizophrenia, and drop out of school, the CDC said.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
5 May 2025
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For the past 14 years, Palafox has served as private conservator to her son, deemed gravely disabled by schizophrenia that took hold in his early 20s.—
CalMatters,
Mercury News,
5 May 2025
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In today’s hyper-connected world, headline after headline about an economic downturn, rising prices and global instability seeps into the workplace, shaping employee morale, workplace culture and even job performance.—
Gyre Renwick,
Forbes.com,
8 May 2025
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Inducing opposite-phase steering above 30 or 40 mph could cause drastic instability at speed, creating a very rapid yaw moment that would likely cause an unrecoverable skid.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 May 2025
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“Derangement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derangement. Accessed 20 May. 2025.
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