as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
the boy's room is in such chaos that it looks as though a tornado had struck
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Recent Examples of chaos
As planets jostle for space, the chaos can cause some to be flung into much wider orbits.
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Growing instability While Trump’s second term in office has been marked by volatility, much of the market chaos was spurred by his aggressive tariff strategy, rather than geopolitical strife.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025
But through the chaos, J.J. Spaun delivered one of the most unforgettable finishes in major championship history.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
While Alison rage-reads the news and helps her wife shoot Instagram videos, her old friends Lois, Ginger, Sparrow, and Stuart are still living together in mild communal chaos.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025
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Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
Growing instability While Trump’s second term in office has been marked by volatility, much of the market chaos was spurred by his aggressive tariff strategy, rather than geopolitical strife.
—Preston Fore, Fortune, 17 June 2025
But through the chaos, J.J. Spaun delivered one of the most unforgettable finishes in major championship history.
—Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
While Alison rage-reads the news and helps her wife shoot Instagram videos, her old friends Lois, Ginger, Sparrow, and Stuart are still living together in mild communal chaos.
—Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 16 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaos
Noun
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The narrow streets bend, wrap back on themselves, and otherwise create directional havoc.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 June 2025
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The consent decree clears a major hurdle for the Omnicom-IPG deal, with the companies seeking to merge as artificial intelligence prepares to wreck havoc across the industry.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
23 June 2025
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Similarly, homeowners who enjoy entertaining might prioritize a scullery or prep kitchen/pantry to keep the party mess out of view.—
Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin,
Southern Living,
26 June 2025
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Life in Weisshorn is a mess of lies and trauma, and Nel’s ready to break out.—
Jennifer Maas,
Variety,
26 June 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
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Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
14 Feb. 2025
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For potential patients, this information overload—and the social baggage that comes with it—often creates more confusion than clarity.—
Christy Saia-Owenby,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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The pressure comes as confusion swirls around whether President Trump will exempt some businesses from efforts to arrest and deport immigrants living illegally in the United States.—
Queenie Wong,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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There’s more pressing current affairs to attend to right now, and hell, there’s a new Lorde album to bop to.—
Savannah Salazar,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Season two saw Valerie cast in an HBO project about the sitcom writer who made her life hell in season one, earning widespread acclaim professionally even as her personal life was falling apart.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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Erin Morrow, a native of Powder Springs, Georgia, was diagnosed at age 20 with a cardiac conduction disorder that left her at risk of sudden cardiac arrest.—
John Drake,
Forbes.com,
19 June 2025
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Federal regulators have already approved several gene therapies to help treat certain conditions, including blood disorders like sickle cell disease, neurological conditions like spinal muscular atrophy in kids, and cancers, including certain types of leukemias and lymphomas.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
19 June 2025
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“Chaos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaos. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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