derangements

plural of derangement
as in disruptions
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed the derangement of the carefully organized event by a single freak accident

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Noun
  • The decisions drew blowback from advocacy groups that fear disruptions will be inevitable.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Resignations, layoffs, and disruptions are likely to affect NASA’s work far into the future.
    David W. Brown, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
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  • Habitat disturbances, including tourism, fertilizer collection, and limestone mining, pose significant threats to its survival, which is why it is listed as ‘near threatened‘ on International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 15 Mar. 2025
  • That might explain some of the high percentages of people reporting both sleep disturbances and anxiety and mood changes in the research.
    Mara Santilli, Flow Space, 14 Mar. 2025
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“Derangements.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/derangements. Accessed 2 May. 2025.

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