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Recent Examples of disarticulate
Only two sets of human remains were uncovered at the burial site (though Linares also wrote that other disarticulated human bones were found throughout the refuse).
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Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
Only two sets of human remains were uncovered at the burial site (though Linares also wrote that other disarticulated human bones were found throughout the refuse).
—Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
Dependency theorists have often used the words distorted or disarticulated or deformed to describe dependent economies.
—Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2012
Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
Only two sets of human remains were uncovered at the burial site (though Linares also wrote that other disarticulated human bones were found throughout the refuse).
—Jackson Landers, Smithsonian, 30 May 2017
Dependency theorists have often used the words distorted or disarticulated or deformed to describe dependent economies.
—Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 4 Dec. 2012
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disarticulate
Verb
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What's Next Breastfeeding often divides public opinion, and will likely spark similar debates online in the future.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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On our trip to Greenville, Victor stopped at a road that divides two burial grounds in town.—
Erika Hayasaki,
Smithsonian Magazine,
13 May 2025
Verb
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If time permits, lock your home upon departure and disconnect utilities and appliances.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
16 May 2025
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But that doesn’t mean they’re disconnected from the process.—
Kaitlyn Gomez,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
Verb
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WalletHub set out to disaggregate the data and find the metro areas currently seeing the highest and lowest inflation rates.—
Ben Kesslen,
Quartz,
13 May 2025
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Some refer to this as a two-tiered architecture; others refer to it as disaggregated.—
Matt Kimball,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Cosmos 482 separated into four pieces, two of which remained in Earth's low orbit and decayed within 48 hours, and the other two pieces went into a higher orbit.—
Mike Snider,
USA Today,
11 May 2025
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Let the chicken cool completely before storing it in the fridge, and separate the meat from the bones for easier reheating.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 May 2025
Verb
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When the state is weak and the people disunited, as under Boris Yeltsin, the West exploits and weakens Russia and its people.—
Michael S. Neiberg,
Washington Post,
12 June 2023
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The moment, halfway through the king’s coronation, was a striking image of a family disunited and a reminder of the differing paths the two royal brothers have taken in the last three years.—
Max Colchester,
wsj.com,
7 May 2023
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These are already evident in executive orders that disengage the U.S. from the United Nations Human Rights Council, remove transgender service members from the military and privilege Christianity.—
Dan Vergano,
Scientific American,
14 May 2025
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There have been trade frictions and sharp divisions, particularly with respect to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the U.S. desire to disengage from Europe as part of a greater strategic shift toward Asia, particularly China, that began during the Obama administration.—
Arancha González Laya,
Foreign Affairs,
12 May 2025
Verb
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This expands the air cavity, the space of air created in the water by the jump; then the cavity collapses, detaching itself from the body.—
Daehyun Choi,
The Conversation,
16 May 2025
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The survivors treaded water and used cushions from the boat as flotation devices before the boat’s chief officer was able to detach and inflate a life raft, the report said.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
15 May 2025
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It was broken up into two pieces and flown to a landing pad to be transported to a warehouse.—
Salvador Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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Plan to roll them around to help break up the filling.—
Kathleen Felton,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 May 2025
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“Disarticulate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disarticulate. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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