1
as in anxieties
a mental or nervous collapse
if you don't ease your workload, you're going to have a breakdown
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2
as in analyses
the separation and identification of the parts of a whole
the boss wanted a detailed breakdown of the sales figures
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Recent Examples of breakdowns
To avoid future breakdowns, organizations must implement staged rollouts, maintain geographic redundancy and test failover systems regularly.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Stay tuned for my breakdowns and predictions of these games later in the week.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
When conversations extend beyond the model’s context window, earlier messages drop, which can lead to safety breakdowns.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Vafeades was among 20 employees with more than 15 years of service who were laid off, according to demographic breakdowns provided by the mayor’s office.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Keep in mind that communication, takeaways and tackling have been Hetherman’s top points of emphasis, in the wake of Miami’s myriad defensive breakdowns last season.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
There’s some no makeup, there’s blood, there’s tears, there’s sweat, there’s breakdowns in the bathtub.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
The Leafs had far too many defensive breakdowns in the first, and ran into penalty trouble in the second, but the game was still tied at 1-1 heading into the third.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
The move ends, or brings to the next phase, one of the longest-running and most public marital breakdowns in modern Hollywood history.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Stay tuned for my breakdowns and predictions of these games later in the week.
—Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
When conversations extend beyond the model’s context window, earlier messages drop, which can lead to safety breakdowns.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 Sep. 2025
Vafeades was among 20 employees with more than 15 years of service who were laid off, according to demographic breakdowns provided by the mayor’s office.
—Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 1 Sep. 2025
Keep in mind that communication, takeaways and tackling have been Hetherman’s top points of emphasis, in the wake of Miami’s myriad defensive breakdowns last season.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 28 Aug. 2025
There’s some no makeup, there’s blood, there’s tears, there’s sweat, there’s breakdowns in the bathtub.
—Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
The Leafs had far too many defensive breakdowns in the first, and ran into penalty trouble in the second, but the game was still tied at 1-1 heading into the third.
—Kevin Papetti, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
The move ends, or brings to the next phase, one of the longest-running and most public marital breakdowns in modern Hollywood history.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 31 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for breakdowns
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The analyses also found that modern rodents descend from a common ancestor thousands of years ago that had thumbnails.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
4 Sep. 2025
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Kennedy also refused to say during the hearing that over one million Americans died from COVID-19 -- as recorded by the CDC -- and that COVID-19 vaccines saved millions of lives, as determined by analyses.—
Will McDuffie,
ABC News,
4 Sep. 2025
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To search the restaurant inspections, type in a restaurant name.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
6 Sep. 2025
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That includes structural inspections, an environmental assessment, a detailed review of property boundaries, ADA compliance, staffing needs, long-term governance, funding models and partnerships.—
Nour Rahal,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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However, investigations into the cause are ongoing.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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At the very least, the government can mire the university in many costly and time-consuming investigations.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
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Kp is an index used to indicate the severity of the global magnetic disturbances in near-Earth space, NOAA said.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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First described in 1972 by UCLA researchers, the effect explains why geomagnetic disturbances often intensify around the equinoxes.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Breakdowns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breakdowns. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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