dismemberments

Definition of dismembermentsnext
plural of dismemberment

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Noun
  • According to the city’s ordinances, streets in subdivisions have to be extended for other subdivision development.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The highway department will strategically apply salt to intersections, hills, bridges and curbs in subdivisions, but aim for conserving on other stretches of subdivision roads.
    Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The cartoonist and journalist Joe Sacco has made a career of rescuing history from the cleavages of memory.
    Robert Rubsam, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Intelligence agencies in the United States and other Western countries closely follow these cleavages, of course, and can sometimes recruit the disaffected or the ambitious to provide insider information.
    Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Allen’s versatility was reflected in his production during his final year at Georgia, when the 6-1, 235-pounder tallied 88 tackles, 3 1/2 sacks and four pass breakups.
    Joseph Person, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Neal, a Fresno State transfer, ranked fifth on the team with 55 tackles and had a team-high 2 interceptions, 10 pass breakups and 2 tackles for loss.
    Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online, 27 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Are these all mathematically proper bifurcations?
    Gregory Barber, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Political schisms deepened and common ground collapsed.
    Scottie Andrew, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
  • The right’s schisms were on full display during AmericaFest, Turning Point USA’s annual conference, which took place in Phoenix this past weekend.
    David Remnick, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Apartments will be heated and cooled with Variable Refrigerant Flow, or VRF systems, based on heat pump technology, essentially mini splits, Valcourt said.
    Wheeler Cowperthwaite, The Providence Journal, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Despite Indiana being the clear favorite on paper, the betting splits reveal interesting patterns.
    Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 19 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Why Mismatches Can Cause Friction Many friendship ruptures are quietly driven by style mismatches rather than overt conflict.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Is Bi commenting on the technological ruptures of the sound era?
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • There could be more dissolutions and consolidations in the future.
    Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2026
  • The drama that sometimes follows their dissolutions speaks to a broader uncertainty in the air about how gay couples should be.
    Paul McAdory, Them., 9 Dec. 2025
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“Dismemberments.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismemberments. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.

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