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verb

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Recent Examples of disarray
Noun
On the regulatory front, his businesses face less scrutiny as some government investigations into them have been closed, stalled or thrown into disarray, thanks in part to Musk’s own efforts with DOGE to defund and gut multiple federal agencies. John Hyatt, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025 The Trump administration move has thrown campus into disarray days before graduation. Collin Binkley, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2025
Verb
For much of this summer, staff shortages and a surge of travelers have led to long lines at security and passport control, disarray at baggage claim and crowded terminals in Europe. Jacob Passy, WSJ, 12 July 2022 The hands-off approach in Washington is adding to disarray around the death penalty nationwide as pressure increases in some conservative states to find ways to continue executions amid shortages of the lethal-injection drugs. Michael Tarm, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2021 See All Example Sentences for disarray
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disarray
Noun
  • The narrow streets bend, wrap back on themselves, and otherwise create directional havoc.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2025
  • The consent decree clears a major hurdle for the Omnicom-IPG deal, with the companies seeking to merge as artificial intelligence prepares to wreck havoc across the industry.
    Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 23 June 2025
Verb
  • Globally, heatwaves, droughts, and extreme weather are disrupting supply chains, inflating food prices, and undermining financial stability.
    Felicia Jackson, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • These attacks don’t just disrupt operations but also expose deeply personal financial information that can fuel identity theft, fraud and long-term reputational damage.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 21 June 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, homeowners who enjoy entertaining might prioritize a scullery or prep kitchen/pantry to keep the party mess out of view.
    Elizabeth Hutchison Hicklin, Southern Living, 26 June 2025
  • In the wacky political world of Southeast Los Angeles County — where scandals seem to bloom every year with the regularity of jacarandas — there’s never been a mess as pendejo as the one stirred up this week by Cudahy Vice Mayor Cynthia Gonzalez.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Nicolo Barella would often drop between Stefan de Vrij and right centre-back Matteo Darmian or pull wide outside of Urawa’s defensive block to kickstart Inter’s possession, meaning the Japanese side were comfortable shuffling from side to side with the game in front of them.
    James Horncastle, New York Times, 21 June 2025
  • The latest major example of this reliable horror subgenre shuffling (or in this case running) into theaters is 28 Years Later.
    James Grebey, Time, 20 June 2025
Noun
  • The Supercharger network has grown since then, though not without a period of chaos for the automaker and the entire car industry that bet on it.
    Patrick George, The Atlantic, 18 June 2025
  • And there was a lot of chaos on the court as the Warriors were celebrating on foreign turf and the media was scrambling to figure out where the most advantageous spots were for postgame coverage.
    Zach Harper, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Verb
  • Map their journey to spot every gap, make buying effortless with fewer steps, communicate clearly so no one gets confused, add personal touches that create connection, and follow up fast to turn buyers into advocates.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • Letters: Washington, D.C., has a deficit of humanity Do not confuse my warning to Israel for a shred of understanding for what Hamas did on Oct. 7, 2023.
    Thomas L. Friedman, Mercury News, 14 June 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Instead, voters themselves are jumbles of competing and sometimes contradictory interests.
    Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • Many more are disturbed by the politicization of churches and turned off by dogmas that promote hate and discord, finding religious teachings and traditions to be outdated and incompatible with their values.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
  • Later, her sister-in-law texts her, upset that her children were disturbed by her departure.
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 11 June 2025

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