disjoint

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Recent Examples of disjoint There was something disjointed internally. Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025 Even standard news programming is as noisy and disjointed as the output of a Bloomberg terminal. Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 23 Oct. 2025 Carrie Ann Inaba felt the routine was disjointed and encouraged him to watch Rylee's line during rehearsal. Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025 Because no one was near enough to touch him down, and the broken play seemed to disjoint the Chiefs more than the Jags as Lawrence recovered and ran it in. Chris Ochsner, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disjoint
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disjoint
Verb
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, VSD is when there's a hole in the wall separating the heart’s lower chambers, while ASD is a hole in the heart's upper chambers, increasing the amount of blood that flows through the lungs.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • Although there’s a contiguous flow between the indoor and outdoor portions of the club, the areas can also be separated by a seamless glass wall that can be folded back completely into pockets on the side.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • What’s next for I-77 South Carter-Adamson and Ivory were disappointed to hear that I-77 will once again disrupt lives around Charlotte.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
  • Canvas outage disrupted students during finals The timing made the outage especially frustrating.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • The space is divided into six distinct environments, including a Dolby Atmos lounge for immersive, spatial audio, a gallery area for talks and panels, and a 'listening bar' where staff offer their own personal recommendations.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 May 2026
  • Colbert grilled the former president on the topic dividing the city, baseball.
    Elyssa Kaufman, CBS News, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The red, purple or sometimes gold root vegetable — not to be confused with its white cousin, the sugar beet — is low-calorie and packed with nutrients and compounds linked to benefits, ranging from brain health to athletic performance.
    Teresa Mull, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2026
  • Companion plants with strong odors are used to confuse pests or mask the scent of crops so insect pests cannot find them.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 9 May 2026
Verb
  • Critics have argued the skyway makes the challenge of filling empty storefronts doubly difficult, as second-floor retail effectively splits a dwindling customer and retail base between two levels.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 May 2026
  • By Mark O’Connell The conservative media commentator split with the administration over the war in Iran.
    Susan Dominus Dina Litovsky Mark O’Connell Lulu Garcia-Navarro Amy X. Wang Nitsuh Abebe Linda Kinstler Lisa Sanders, M.D. Kwame Anthony Appiah John Hodgman, New York Times, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • The Manta Sleep Mask has adjustable eye cups that create a true blackout, so cabin lights and neighboring seatback screens don’t disturb her rest.
    Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • Not to mention, harvesting garlic bulbs can disturb the soil quite a bit and interfere with the growth of sage plant roots.
    Lauren Landers, The Spruce, 10 May 2026
Verb
  • But more than anything, Bolles is authentic in a world that is disconnected by social media and polarized by politics.
    Troy Renck, Denver Post, 9 May 2026
  • This isolates the engine from the rest of the plane and disconnects the left generator.
    James Glanz, New York Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • MotoGP also had to shuffle its schedule due to the conflict in the Middle East, postponing the Qatar Grand Prix to November.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 7 May 2026
  • But sometimes, simply shuffling the pieces can help, in our view.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 7 May 2026

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“Disjoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disjoint. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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