disk

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Recent Examples of disk An insurance company twice refused to cover the costs of spine surgery for an 18-year-old Texas woman diagnosed with degenerative disc disease — until NBC News reached out. Rich Schapiro, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025 Fulks has chronic kidney disease, degenerative disc disease and requires a catheter to urinate. Chiara Eisner, NPR, 23 Dec. 2025 Shape each portion into a disk, and wrap in plastic wrap. Anna Theoktisto, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2025 The collectible steelbook will include a bonus disc with special features created by Paul Thomas Anderson. James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disk
Noun
  • Doctors were reportedly unable to remove some of the bullet fragments from his face, and a bone near his eye was also broken.
    Jessica Sager, PEOPLE, 9 Nov. 2025
  • People from the Kansas City area who boarded the ship are highlighted on posters hanging on the walls next to artifacts like fragments of a first-class curtain, a door handle and a White Star Line envelope.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • That response was to a question specifically about inside linebacker Dre Greenlaw, who missed the Broncos’ final two regular-season games with a hamstring injury and was one of the only players not on the field during a brief portion of Friday’s workout open to reporters.
    Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Credit card interest rates represent a significant portion of financial institutions’ revenue.
    Luciana Lopez, CNN Money, 10 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The Table of Contents is divided along the parts of a young body, with sections titled Heads Up!
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Barry points to the central section of the pitch, on either side of the halfway line, to make his point.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • China’s ambitious plan to build the Circular Electron Positron Collider (CEPC), a multibillion-dollar project aimed at creating the world’s largest particle collider, is likely to be officially stalled after it was not included in the country’s next five-year plan.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 7 Nov. 2025
  • This picks up any dirt or dust particles that may be lying on your mattress and contributing to a less-than-sanitary environment.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Avoid handling hot shards or surfaces.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Today, that can mean a stair railing sculpted from cast bronze or a chandelier made of 450 shards of selenite (both, by the way, are Henault commissions).
    Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Really, this is only a sliver of a joke.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
  • About 1 foot from the shoot tip, make a 1 to 2 inch incision along the stem and through a bud to create a wedge; prop the wedge open with a sliver of wood such as a toothpick.
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The crunchy chicken has a delicious coating that stars corn flakes, and baked, rather than fried.
    Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But the patty is what matters, the joy of it, the heat and the flake and the bite.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Its bright ombré glaze, which is chip and stain resistant, adds a pop of color to any area.
    Isabel Garcia, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Ole Miss chips away Canes defense again bends but doesn’t break.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Disk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disk. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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