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
Almost forgotten in the late- and extra-inning chaos was Sonny Gray’s difficult Red Sox debut hours earlier.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
The deep space image captures a fleeting moment in a titanic struggle that has lasted hundreds of millions of years, as the gravitational influence of the galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 pulls at one another to create chaos on a truly cosmic scale.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2026
In effect, chaos was punishment, and order was reward.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2026
By using photonuclear interactions, scientists can probe matter without the chaos of full particle collisions.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
The deep space image captures a fleeting moment in a titanic struggle that has lasted hundreds of millions of years, as the gravitational influence of the galaxies NGC 4038 and NGC 4039 pulls at one another to create chaos on a truly cosmic scale.
—Anthony Wood, Space.com, 28 Mar. 2026
In effect, chaos was punishment, and order was reward.
—Deni Ellis Béchard, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2026
By using photonuclear interactions, scientists can probe matter without the chaos of full particle collisions.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaos
Noun
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Working low to high, causing havoc on the forecheck, getting pucks back.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
21 Mar. 2026
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Wild extremes of temperature, a heat dome, a potent bomb cyclone blizzard, epic rainfalls and violent tornadoes have wreaked weather havoc across the nation.—
Doyle Rice,
USA Today,
17 Mar. 2026
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As history has proved, titans of industry often share a regrettable tendency to make a lot of money from leveraging enthusiasm and then leaving others to clean up the mess when the markets implode.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
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When asked what could be done to make life easier on modern consumers when a surplus of media rights deals are making a mess of the viewing experience, McMahon didn’t have any suggestions.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.—
Lynda Balslev,
Mercury News,
10 Feb. 2026
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If any paperwork is involved, prepare it beforehand to skip mid-discussion confusion.—
Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
30 Mar. 2026
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However, cage announcer Bruce Buffer caused confusion by reading the scores incorrectly, announcing totals that favored Fortune’s opponent.—
Chantz Martin,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2026
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And as any sci-fi or fantasy fan knows, prophecies can be hell.—
Chris McMullen,
Space.com,
24 Mar. 2026
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Thank you to everyone who stood up, raised hell and demanded justice.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
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In adults, high levels of lead exposure can cause reproductive problems in both men and women, high blood pressure, nerve disorders, memory and concentration issues and muscle and joint pain.—
Steve Scauzillo,
Daily News,
28 Mar. 2026
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Noise pollution is a real health issue linked to sleep disorders, elevated blood pressure and anxiety.—
Kim Komando The Kim Komando Show,
FOXNews.com,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Chaos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaos. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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