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as in disruption
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Recent Examples of disconnection
Harry's remarks come one day after his sister-in-law Kate Middleton, shared a similar message about disconnection in the digital age.
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Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The cat parenting style can run the risk of pulling back too much in effort to give your child space, which can lead to feelings of emotional disconnection.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
Studies in psychology have long shown that telling one’s story, especially in a safe and supportive setting, reduces feelings of shame and disconnection.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The phone turns up, but the fear of disconnection that its brief absence awakens sounds a warning shot.
—Paul McAdory, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Your choice of sobriety here might, to them, represent rejection, disconnection or even the beginning of abandonment.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The fiber optic disconnection leaves offices, homes and other businesses without an internet connection.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
The Academy’s failure to recognize these shifts reflects a disconnection from the realities faced by Iranian artists who courageously seek to redefine their narratives.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
There was so much disconnection.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The cat parenting style can run the risk of pulling back too much in effort to give your child space, which can lead to feelings of emotional disconnection.
—Kara Nesvig, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025
Studies in psychology have long shown that telling one’s story, especially in a safe and supportive setting, reduces feelings of shame and disconnection.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The phone turns up, but the fear of disconnection that its brief absence awakens sounds a warning shot.
—Paul McAdory, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2025
Your choice of sobriety here might, to them, represent rejection, disconnection or even the beginning of abandonment.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
The fiber optic disconnection leaves offices, homes and other businesses without an internet connection.
—Reuters, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2025
The Academy’s failure to recognize these shifts reflects a disconnection from the realities faced by Iranian artists who courageously seek to redefine their narratives.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
There was so much disconnection.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconnection
Noun
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The breakup pass, into the waiting arms of Noah Brown — nobody back there!—
David Aldridge,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Someone going through a breakup might tell themselves that their problems are nothing compared with a friend’s cancer diagnosis.—
Reem Kassis,
The Atlantic,
11 Oct. 2025
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Not on the same scale, but some of the more overheated meme-like stocks have been punctured without much apparent disruption to the large-cap core of the market.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
18 Oct. 2025
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Not since 69 has a number caused this much disruption.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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The dual actors’ and writers’ strikes disrupted plans to release the movie in the fall of 2023, sources tell The Hollywood Reporter, and from there, strategic disagreements between the studio and MacLachlan led to a dissolution of the relationship.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Oct. 2025
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This study presents boron isotopes as in situ tracers for studying glass dissolution mechanisms, assisting in predicting contaminant releases during waste glass-aqueous solution interactions.—
Prabhat Ranjan Mishra,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Despite their split, both parents have continued to be supportive of their sons.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Oct. 2025
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The gamble backfired and his centrist bloc lost seats to both extremes, leaving France with a three-way split parliament and a government that could not pass major legislation.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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But the storm’s slow forward speed and disorganization for much of its life means that it is getting drawn out to sea toward the far more powerful Hurricane Humberto.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
29 Sep. 2025
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And in the brain’s white-matter wiring, visceral fat again stood out, with diffusion MRI scans revealing lower axon density and more tissue disorganization – tiny areas of wear-and-tear that can interrupt signaling.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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In her autobiography, Mabel Dodge laid the blame for her schism with Stein firmly on one person.—
Via Scribner,
Literary Hub,
7 Oct. 2025
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The Chiles case shines a spotlight on a growing schism in the LGBT base between gender-critical gays and their transgender counterparts.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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Senior Democrats are treating Saturday’s demonstrations as a show of strength and are urging participants to be peaceful amid fears disorder could be used to justify an administration crackdown.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Jake and Claire Juip − who use motorized wheelchairs − have a rare neurodegenerative disorder called Friedreich's ataxia.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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The fraught history of Syrian-Israeli relations Following the United Nations’ partition of Palestine in 1947 and the proclamation of the state of Israel in 1948, a coalition of five Arab armies, including Syria, declared war on Israel and lost the ensuing conflict.—
Mireille Rebeiz,
The Conversation,
9 Oct. 2025
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In a separate post, Tippett is seen hugging and staring into his beloved’s eyes through a window, followed by a video of the pair talking and snogging, with their intimate conversation muted by the glass partition.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Disconnection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconnection. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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