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Recent Examples of disquisition Anyone who knew Heff, even a little, had heard his manic, often brilliant disquisitions on literature, film and hip-hop and had listened to him rhapsodize about fast cars, James Dean, jazz and the horror novels of Clive Barker. Mark Oppenheimer, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Oct. 2024 During a Tuesday pop-in at a Democratic campaign office in New Hampshire, Biden embarked on one of his customary rambling disquisitions. Noah Rothman, National Review, 23 Oct. 2024 As the childhood friendship between two future game-makers blooms into a rich creative collaboration and, later, alienation, the book becomes a dazzling disquisition on art, ambition and the endurance of platonic love. New York Times, 8 July 2024 But, like most legal work, his cases typically turned not on disquisitions about the vision of the Founders but on narrow, technical details. David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for disquisition
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Noun
  • The agency announced the reward on Thursday shortly after releasing two images of the person of interest in the investigation.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Beau Mason, Commissioner of the Utah Department of Public Safety, gave a timeline of the investigation at a press conference earlier on Thursday.
    Connor Greene, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, analytical software has revolutionized linguistic inquiry, enabling greater understanding of the ways language works—when, how, and why words break out; the specific contexts for expressions and idioms.
    Stefan Fatsis, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The Federal Trade Commission has launched an inquiry into several social media and artificial intelligence companies about the potential harms to children and teenagers who use their AI chatbots as companions.
    Barbara Ortutay, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other than in the Second Circuit, the federal courts of appeals generally have interpreted the Confrontation Clause to require face-to-face cross examination, and counsel should be wary of giving up that important right.
    Robert Anello, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The subcommittee heard their statements as part of an examination of a purportedly secret UFO retrieval program managed by the Pentagon.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Musk has had perhaps the largest impact of any one person on space exploration in recent years, from both a cultural and technological standpoint.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Cave exploration had grown more popular in late-nineteenth-century Europe along with mountaineering.
    Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For now, the study provides proof of concept.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Edelman and his wife, Michelle Edelman – a trailblazer in art and design who has led Traffic Creative Management and TrafficArts since 1996 – acquired Martins’ first study titled Watchman (2018), recognizing a powerful force in the global art world.
    Natasha Gural, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Algerian is equally capable of tucking into midfield, running the flanks, playing probing passes from a wide-centre-back role or making darting movements towards goal.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The First 70 Years contains impeccable research and analysis, accompanied by fascinating photos of the sets, film crews, and casts.
    Michael Taube, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Pledges to give it all away A good friend of philanthropist Michael Milken who has raised billions of dollars for cancer research, Ellison believes the road to bliss is altruistic giving.
    Martine Paris, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025

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“Disquisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disquisition. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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