as in disruptions
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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Noun
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The decisions drew blowback from advocacy groups that fear disruptions will be inevitable.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
22 Mar. 2025 -
Resignations, layoffs, and disruptions are likely to affect NASA’s work far into the future.—
David W. Brown,
The New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2025
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Habitat disturbances, including tourism, fertilizer collection, and limestone mining, pose significant threats to its survival, which is why it is listed as ‘near threatened‘ on International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2025
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That might explain some of the high percentages of people reporting both sleep disturbances and anxiety and mood changes in the research.—
Mara Santilli,
Flow Space,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Dislocations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dislocations. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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