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
Aside from his illustrious music career, 50 Cent is most known for his relentless trolling and constant encouragement of drama and chaos.
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Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Bane can solve only so much, even if his hot streaks can inspire chaos in other areas of the court.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
An intimate portrait of love and exhaustion that finds the comic edge in ordinary chaos.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Things take a sinister turn when the family stops in a small, remote village in Roman-era Egypt and unleash chaos.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
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Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Bane can solve only so much, even if his hot streaks can inspire chaos in other areas of the court.
—Fred Katz, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
An intimate portrait of love and exhaustion that finds the comic edge in ordinary chaos.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Things take a sinister turn when the family stops in a small, remote village in Roman-era Egypt and unleash chaos.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaos
Noun
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Jilly will undoubtedly be best remembered for her chart-topping series The Rutshire Chronicles and its havoc-making and handsome show-jumping hero Rupert Campbell-Black.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Oct. 2025
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In total, Elanga provided five first-half crosses and, while only Gordon’s counted as ‘completed’, that does a disservice to the havoc the Sweden international caused.—
Chris Waugh,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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But most important, its vacuum design is quiet, easy to use, and eliminates mess.—
Christine Persaud,
USA Today,
4 Oct. 2025
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La Liz was an opulent mess her whole life.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
4 Oct. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 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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First, your confusion is kind of the point ‒ today's slang is part of an ever-changing lexicon that separates the young from the young-at-heart.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
5 Oct. 2025
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The Department of Homeland Security has detained hundreds of TPS holders from Venezuela nationwide, creating confusion about how the protections are being applied.—
Syra Ortiz Blanes,
Miami Herald,
4 Oct. 2025
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Yes, these Eagles have been to hell.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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The press helped to turn public opinion against the war, not because the press was antiwar or even had a politics but because war is hell, and hell is photogenic.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
27 Sep. 2025
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Ingesting UPFs has been associated with more than 30 health conditions, including Type-2 diabetes, heart diseases, mental health disorders and obesity.—
Stephen J. Beard,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Some studies do suggest links between acetaminophen use in pregnancy and neurodevelopmental disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autism.—
Tami S. Rowen,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Chaos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaos. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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