disintegration

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Recent Examples of disintegration The difference between CliffsNotes and today’s computerized counterparts encapsulates the disintegration of knowledge, particularly of reading comprehension. Joelle Renstrom august 28, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025 Norway's military says Moscow's submarine activity was high during the Cold War but dipped in the aftermath of the disintegration of the Soviet Union. Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025 But the power equation shifted with the passing of Mao in 1976, the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the revival of China’s global ambitions under the leadership of non-ideological Deng Xiaoping and his successors. Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 2025 The device records multiple fragments simultaneously and helps generate a full three-dimensional map of the molecular structure right before disintegration. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 7 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disintegration
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Noun
  • Maritime rescue officials recovered the remains, which were in an advanced state of decomposition, and transported them to the port of Ibiza, the newspaper reported.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Eventually, the natural fungal spores will colonize, and decomposition will begin.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The setting catches America at a point of transition between an era of middle-class prosperity and the economic decay that was on the horizon.
    Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Some nuclei will be stable against decays, others will undergo one or more decays (radioactively) before producing a stable end-product.
    Big Think, Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • The show deftly veers between comedy and tragedy, using a local news staple’s breakdown to issue dire warnings about consumerism and global warming.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, every apparent breakdown has turned into a bear trap, sparking powerful reversals in the opposite direction.
    Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025

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