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Recent Examples of disengagement
This is a generational response to a workplace environment and sociopolitical climate where chronic stress has become baseline and where terms like quiet cracking—persistent disengagement without resignation—have entered the HR lexicon.
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Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, your siblings have shown a level of disengagement that goes beyond simple misunderstanding.
—Hope Hunt, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2026
When time becomes visibly finite, disengagement loses its appeal.
—Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Kira interprets this disengagement not as a lack of curiosity, but as a natural response to information overload.
—William Jones, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Social science research on political violence and moral disengagement shows sustained rhetorical delegitimization of institutions increases the likelihood of real-world harm.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
After years of remote work when people mainly gathered over Zoom, employers continue to look for ways to rebuild connections and to address a surge in disengagement.
—Adam M. Kleinbaum, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
The move, spearheaded by Israel’s hard-right finance minister, effectively completes the repeal of a 2005 disengagement plan that led to the evacuation of several settlements, Haaretz noted.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 Dec. 2025
The settlements include two that were previously evacuated during a 2005 disengagement plan, according to Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich, who has pushed a settlement expansion agenda in the West Bank.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
Unfortunately, your siblings have shown a level of disengagement that goes beyond simple misunderstanding.
—Hope Hunt, Baltimore Sun, 19 Jan. 2026
When time becomes visibly finite, disengagement loses its appeal.
—Phillip Halpern, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2026
Kira interprets this disengagement not as a lack of curiosity, but as a natural response to information overload.
—William Jones, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
Social science research on political violence and moral disengagement shows sustained rhetorical delegitimization of institutions increases the likelihood of real-world harm.
—Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 8 Jan. 2026
After years of remote work when people mainly gathered over Zoom, employers continue to look for ways to rebuild connections and to address a surge in disengagement.
—Adam M. Kleinbaum, The Conversation, 26 Dec. 2025
The move, spearheaded by Israel’s hard-right finance minister, effectively completes the repeal of a 2005 disengagement plan that led to the evacuation of several settlements, Haaretz noted.
—J.d. Capelouto, semafor.com, 21 Dec. 2025
The settlements include two that were previously evacuated during a 2005 disengagement plan, according to Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich, who has pushed a settlement expansion agenda in the West Bank.
—CBS News, 21 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disengagement
Noun
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In the face of such widespread public revulsion, the administration and its enablers have been trying to invent a terrorist threat to justify their increasingly unpopular siege of Minneapolis.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Every walk down the street filled him with revulsion.—
Amir Ahmadi Arian,
The Dial,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The recoil and the force of her blow knocked me backwards.—
William D. Brown,
Outdoor Life,
13 Nov. 2025
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The rifle weighs up to 120 pounds with massive muzzle brakes, producing more than 200 foot-pounds of recoil.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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At the time, the tech industry warned that this new regulation would drive companies overseas, accelerating the mass withdrawal of capital from an already moribund tech sector and start-up ecosystem.—
Walter Russell Mead,
The Atlantic,
24 Jan. 2026
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Because the rulebook contains no penalty or safeguard for late withdrawals that alter points distribution, the IIU dismissed the complaint.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Disengagement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disengagement. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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