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Recent Examples of disconnection
The key is truly allowing disconnection—not expecting people to monitor AI outputs.
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Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
This helps reduce risks when temporary disconnection is required.
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Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
Utilities can identify their customers most at risk of disconnection by analyzing customers’ payment data and consumption patterns, and offer to switch them to these plans, while also steering them toward bill and weatherization assistance.
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Alexandra Klass,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
The summer provisions are typically triggered when temperatures reach a certain level or when heat emergencies are declared, instead of the blanket winter disconnection moratoriums.
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Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
The pressure cooker of veterinary school, combined with my disconnection from nature and from the people who loved me and knew me best, left me increasingly isolated, lonely and depleted.
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Brad Ryan,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
Even 15 minutes of disconnection allows the brain’s default mode network to activate, when memory consolidation and creative connections actually occur.
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William Jones
june 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
Candidates who compartmentalize these two dimensions, treating board preparation as separate from their clinical rotations, typically find that the disconnection shows in both areas.
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Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Unless there's enough distance and emotional disconnection to bury the offense.
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Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
3 June 2026
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
This helps reduce risks when temporary disconnection is required.
—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
18 June 2026
Utilities can identify their customers most at risk of disconnection by analyzing customers’ payment data and consumption patterns, and offer to switch them to these plans, while also steering them toward bill and weatherization assistance.
—
Alexandra Klass,
The Conversation,
17 June 2026
The summer provisions are typically triggered when temperatures reach a certain level or when heat emergencies are declared, instead of the blanket winter disconnection moratoriums.
—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
The pressure cooker of veterinary school, combined with my disconnection from nature and from the people who loved me and knew me best, left me increasingly isolated, lonely and depleted.
—
Brad Ryan,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
Even 15 minutes of disconnection allows the brain’s default mode network to activate, when memory consolidation and creative connections actually occur.
—
William Jones
june 8,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 June 2026
Candidates who compartmentalize these two dimensions, treating board preparation as separate from their clinical rotations, typically find that the disconnection shows in both areas.
—
Lyssanoel Frater,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
Unless there's enough distance and emotional disconnection to bury the offense.
—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
3 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnection
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The series, out now on Prime Video, follows Percy and Sam, two childhood friends who fall in love as teenagers and, years after their breakup, are reunited back in their childhood hometown for a memorial service.
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The song is believed to be about ex-fiancé Orlando Bloom, as the former couple famously rekindled their relationship in 2018 after their 2017 breakup and went on to get engaged in 2019.
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At least 17 people have died, most of them linked to a lack of medical care caused by transportation disruptions, according to Bolivia’s ombudsman’s office and human rights organizations.
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At least 17 people have died, at least seven due a lack of medical care caused by transportation disruptions, according to Bolivia’s ombudsman’s office and human rights organizations.
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Curacao became an autonomous country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands in 2010, following the dissolution of the Netherland Antilles.
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The piano ballad follows the dissolution of a relationship as the couple grows apart.
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Slow starts, Karl-Anthony Towns’ inconsistent offensive involvement and disjointedness on both ends of the floor have been pain points for this Knicks team all season under new head coach Mike Brown.
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All cheerleaders must be flexible and able to perform the splits by the start of the season.
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However, the game — which was played on a dreadful pitch in front of almost 115,000 people at the Azteca Stadium in Mexico City — will forever be remembered for Maradona’s two goals that perfectly encapsulated the split-screen feel to his career.
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Despite my suffering and episodes of mental disorganization.
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Three hours before the parade is set to begin, paradegoers are already annoyed at the disorganization and slow-moving lines.
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Some of 2026’s primaries are showing a new schism — and the results should be ringing alarm bells across the network.
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The schism mirrors a similar one running through Silicon Valley.
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Recalls and public pressure ousted progressives elected to district attorney offices in multiple jurisdictions over the last five years, when criminal justice reform efforts ran into dissatisfaction over public disorder following the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In the wake of her loss, Dion was dealt another blow when she was diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome (SPS), a rare and painful autoimmune and neurological disorder.
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“Disconnection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnection. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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