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Recent Examples of disconnection
Isolated by his cultural disconnection, Daniel finds solace in Ema, a girl who will unearth the Riedels’ dark secrets to him.
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Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Applications will also be accepted for households that are disconnected from their utilities, have a disconnection notice or have less than 25% in their propane tank, officials said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
That disconnection is not personal failure.
—Ashley B. Stewart, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Furthermore, this disconnection between corporate hype and actual business value is fueling investor worries about a potential AI bubble.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Short gray days and long nights only accelerated my sense of disconnection.
—River Selby
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Beneath the surface, though, those dark, bumpy songs dwell obsessively on the disconnection between people — and, in a large sense, on rock & roll's murky role in a year that saw classic rockers and grungesters alike providing the entertainment at inaugural balls.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Research shows that communities of identity act as buffers against disconnection and stress — while also fostering pride, healing, and belonging (APA, 2022).
—Aaron Hurst, Big Think, 12 Aug. 2025
Emiliano De Pablos, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
Applications will also be accepted for households that are disconnected from their utilities, have a disconnection notice or have less than 25% in their propane tank, officials said.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
That disconnection is not personal failure.
—Ashley B. Stewart, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Furthermore, this disconnection between corporate hype and actual business value is fueling investor worries about a potential AI bubble.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2025
Short gray days and long nights only accelerated my sense of disconnection.
—River Selby
august 25, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2025
Beneath the surface, though, those dark, bumpy songs dwell obsessively on the disconnection between people — and, in a large sense, on rock & roll's murky role in a year that saw classic rockers and grungesters alike providing the entertainment at inaugural balls.
—Ew Staff Published, EW.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Research shows that communities of identity act as buffers against disconnection and stress — while also fostering pride, healing, and belonging (APA, 2022).
—Aaron Hurst, Big Think, 12 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnection
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Jihaad Campbell played 92 percent of the defensive snaps in his NFL debut, finishing with a pass breakup and helping force a game-changing fumble.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Things took a turn when Gary recently went through a breakup and asked her to stay over for emotional support.—
Ashley Vega,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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In California’s strawberry fields, an ICE raid sparked widespread panic and disruption among farmworker communities.—
David Rodriguez Muñoz,
Freep.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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Pre-season was smoother compared to last year’s disruption when the women’s team had to move out of their building to make way for the men’s team.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Rumors have swirled about personal and financial tensions that led to the dissolution of their professional relationship.—
Brittany Spanos,
Rolling Stone,
5 Sep. 2025
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Khloe Park, who formerly used the name Khloe Couleé, also posted about the dissolution of her relationship with her drag mother on Instagram, taking her thoughts to the grid.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
4 Sep. 2025
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Since their split, Fox has also welcomed a new addition.—
Daniel S. Levine,
People.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The split will reverse a massive but largely unsuccessful 2015 merger arranged by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and the investment firm 3G Capital, Heinz and Kraft’s owners at the time.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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The failure that followed—marked by FEMA's slowness and disorganization—laid bare systemic neglect and inequities, the scars of which still run deep in Louisiana, Mississippi, and beyond.—
Arick Wierson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
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When combined, these missteps compound risk, exposing systemic disorganization that makes investors doubt the team’s ability to scale.—
Kirill Gurskiy,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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When there is a schism in trade relations, the deficit country [is] at an advantage.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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An early 20th century conflict for control of the publishing board incited a schism that led to the formation of a new denomination and its own publishing agency, the National Baptist Convention of America and RH Boyd Publishing.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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These include celiac disease, pelvic floor dysfunction, irritable bowel syndrome, hormonal imbalances such as hypothyroidism, metabolic disorders like diabetes, neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease or even certain cancers.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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There is no credible scientific evidence that acetaminophen causes autism or that leucovorin (a derivative of folic acid) can prevent the disorder, as the HHS report purportedly will suggest, according to reporting by the Wall Street Journal.—
Jon Hamilton,
NPR,
6 Sep. 2025
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After the partitions and wars of the mid-20th century in their respective countries, Irish nationalists in Northern Ireland and Palestinians in Israel (or just outside) were marginalized.—
Philip Metres
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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Twelve private booths separated by rattan partitions—a nod to Indochine architecture, which flourished under French colonial rule—led to a luxury dining car anchored by a white marble bar with leather stools.—
Anna Haines,
AFAR Media,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Disconnection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnection. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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