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chaoses

noun

plural of chaos

as in hells

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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Noun

An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
The Avici hell is the lowest and most terrible level of the eight hot hells of Buddhism, where those who’ve committed serious crimes (like parricide) must face constant suffering.

— Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of hells

Noun

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
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of jumbles

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Andrew Schaefer, a forty-two-year-old father in Orlando, Florida, who helps people out of tax messes, also likes to wager on elections.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
Instead of bright or pure white finishes, creamy tones are more forgiving against scuffs, fingerprints, smudges, and everyday kitchen messes.

— Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of messes

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In 2013, one of Cara's colleagues suggested testing Eliza for a group of metabolic disorders — just to rule them out.

— Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
Specifically, the study identified 33 diagnoses linked to exposure to extreme heat, including skin rashes, leg swelling, kidney disease, multiple sclerosis and mental health disorders.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of disorders

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Last year, business leaders reached out to the mayor’s team to express their fears that the City Council’s plan to raise the minimum wage for hotel and airport workers to $30 per hour would wreak financial havoc on the city’s hospitality industry.

— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Meanwhile, the war has wreaked global havoc with no end in sight.

— S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 3 Nov. 2026

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