as in injury
a condition that interferes with someone's ability to engage in certain tasks
The group provides one-on-one mentorship to students with various disabilities. The disability caused by the car crash prevented him from working.
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Recent Examples of disability
Not everyone is receptive toward individuals with disabilities.
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
The challenge is especially great for seniors, like Gray, who require special accommodations because of physical disabilities.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
Understanding the reasons why and how disability happens is important — that can lead to future children not having those disabilities (as is the case with the virus that caused my son’s disabilities).
—Jaclyn Greenberg, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
And there’s the disability of Brian, and just being to be really truthful about all of that in some meaningful way, and try to capture it correctly.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
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Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 9 Nov. 2025
The challenge is especially great for seniors, like Gray, who require special accommodations because of physical disabilities.
—Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Nov. 2025
Understanding the reasons why and how disability happens is important — that can lead to future children not having those disabilities (as is the case with the virus that caused my son’s disabilities).
—Jaclyn Greenberg, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
And there’s the disability of Brian, and just being to be really truthful about all of that in some meaningful way, and try to capture it correctly.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disability
Noun
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Braxton went down late in the first quarter with an apparent knee injury that kept him on the sideline for nearly a quarter.—
Michael Harley,
Arkansas Online,
9 Nov. 2025
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Thus far, Arsenal’s excellent form has relegated the injuries to a subplot.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These can cause severe scarring or disablement and may lead to amputations.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Playing Arnie, the younger brother to Gilbert (Johnny Depp), DiCaprio doesn’t permit his character to be a simple, adorable variation on disablement.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Barca refused to book that impairment in 2023-24, but did so when restating that year’s figures in their latest accounts.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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No impairment is suspected on the part of the driver who struck the pedestrian.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Nov. 2025
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Experts have said that the majority of subsea cable damage is accidental, usually due to fishing activity or a ship accidentally dropping its anchor on a cable.—
Magdalena Petrova,
CNBC,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Disability.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disability. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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