as in disruption
an act or instance of the order of things being disturbed
the slightest dislocation in her daily routine bothered the elderly woman
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Recent Examples of dislocation
McDonald's worries are juxtaposed against a stock market hitting new highs on a daily basis on hopes a looser Fed will patch up any economic dislocations.
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John Melloy, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The dislocation was clean, with no broken bones or ligament damage.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images Godwin suffered an ankle dislocation, which led to him missing the majority of the 2024 season.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Drifting between moving-image formats and collaging local textures and bygone voices, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s film reflects on loss and mourning as experiences of temporal dislocation.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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John Melloy, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
The dislocation was clean, with no broken bones or ligament damage.
—Paul Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images Godwin suffered an ankle dislocation, which led to him missing the majority of the 2024 season.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
Drifting between moving-image formats and collaging local textures and bygone voices, Oscar Ruiz Navia’s film reflects on loss and mourning as experiences of temporal dislocation.
—Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 7 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dislocation
Noun
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Over a 20-year period, more than one in four Americans over 50 will experience a disruption that results in a drop of net wealth of 75% or more.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
11 Oct. 2025
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By embracing new ways of working and optimizing bandwidth, boardrooms and organizations can not only endure disruption, but capitalize on change.—
Lara Abrash,
Fortune,
11 Oct. 2025
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The popular Bandai Namco childlike-horror franchise Little Nightmares is back and with more disturbances in tow.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Once formed, these waves can travel across entire ocean basins, radiating outward from the point of disturbance and impacting coastlines far from the origin.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Dislocation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocation. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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