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Recent Examples of dismantlement
Ruthless business practices in its early days made Standard Oil the target of a famous antitrust campaign that would eventually lead to its dismantlement.
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Alex Kuffner, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Continue reading … POLITICS ATOMIC STANDOFF — Iran signals nuclear progress in Geneva as Trump calls for full dismantlement.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
The plant, located in the Town of Carlton, closed in 2013 and began major dismantlement in 2022.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Edison notifies the public 48 hours before batch releases, which will continue through the plant’s dismantlement (slated to wrap up in 2028-ish).
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Another 13 canisters are filled with material classified as greater than Class C waste, collected during the dismantlement efforts at SONGS.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Nevertheless, cybercrime should be reported to the FBI for intelligence gathering and to support efforts to disrupt ongoing operations, which can result in website takedowns, disruptions and dismantlement.
—Austin Berglas, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Her company used selective demolition and structural dismantlement on the exterior, which focused on preserving any salvageable building materials.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025
Latest gesture of conciliation The dismantlement of the loudspeakers, which is due to be completed by the end of this week, is the latest conciliatory gesture by the South.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Alex Kuffner, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
Continue reading … POLITICS ATOMIC STANDOFF — Iran signals nuclear progress in Geneva as Trump calls for full dismantlement.
—FOXNews.com, 18 Feb. 2026
The plant, located in the Town of Carlton, closed in 2013 and began major dismantlement in 2022.
—Francesca Pica, jsonline.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Edison notifies the public 48 hours before batch releases, which will continue through the plant’s dismantlement (slated to wrap up in 2028-ish).
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 7 Jan. 2026
Another 13 canisters are filled with material classified as greater than Class C waste, collected during the dismantlement efforts at SONGS.
—Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Dec. 2025
Nevertheless, cybercrime should be reported to the FBI for intelligence gathering and to support efforts to disrupt ongoing operations, which can result in website takedowns, disruptions and dismantlement.
—Austin Berglas, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Her company used selective demolition and structural dismantlement on the exterior, which focused on preserving any salvageable building materials.
—Sydney Franklin, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025
Latest gesture of conciliation The dismantlement of the loudspeakers, which is due to be completed by the end of this week, is the latest conciliatory gesture by the South.
—Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismantlement
Noun
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While mechanical removal methods exist, complete eradication is unlikely in the short term due to high costs and limited capacity, according to Cantillo.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
12 May 2026
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In 2013, the Gates Foundation committed $5 million to IPI to support polio eradication, and Epstein himself emailed Nikolic the wiring instructions for the money.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
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His execution has been rescheduled nine times since 2015 for a number of reasons, including the court evaluating his appeals, per CNN.—
Jordana Comiter,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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The companies that close the gap between leadership and execution are the ones that scale with clarity.—
Sue Mysko,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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To be fair, the effacement of character is itself one of Leitch’s dramatic points.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
2 May 2024
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There are times in The Years when the betrayal and effacement of May compels Ernaux to say something similar.—
Tobi Haslett,
Harper's Magazine,
18 Sep. 2023
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Back then, the sector focused on drugs that helped cattle and swine survive long enough to make slaughter weight.—
Ross Andersen,
The Atlantic,
2 May 2026
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But Serkis prefers his Trojan horse without the slaughter.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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He was portrayed as driving a wedge between Montag and her roommate, Lauren Conrad, leading to the disintegration of their friendship.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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Tim Darcy has always been the man of a thousand voices — a wildly imaginative singer playing different roles, capturing the disintegration of the self from different angles.—
Rob Sheffield,
Rolling Stone,
11 May 2026
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This article includes graphic and disturbing accounts from the October 7 massacre in Israel.—
Amelie Botbol,
FOXNews.com,
14 May 2026
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But 2026 has marked a new nadir for one of the world’s oldest civilizations, with the government’s massacre of anti-regime protestors in January and widespread destruction from the United States’ and Israel’s intermittent war.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
13 May 2026
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The detentions come after a handful of other arrests months earlier, but Fúnez has long been pinpointed by local environmental and religious leaders as the man who spearheaded the assassination.—
Marlon González,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Mangione faces state and federal charges in his alleged assassination of Thompson, and his federal trial is scheduled to begin in October.—
Adam Sabes , Maria Paronich,
FOXNews.com,
13 May 2026
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The collapse of the government is unlikely to significantly affect Latvia’s foreign policy, as all mainstream parties are some variant of pro-Ukraine and anti-Russia.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
15 May 2026
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This explains why companies did not experience a commercial-traffic collapse.—
Ming Zhu,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
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“Dismantlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismantlement. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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