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as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
the wasting of a once promising life in dissipation and drunkenness
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as in dispersion
an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered
the dissipation of the clouds by the early morning winds
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Recent Examples of dissipation
This tiny snail’s shell combines hardness, toughness and energy dissipation in a way that very few single-phase materials can.
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Turbulence was measured using eddy dissipation rate (EDR), a standard aviation metric that captures how rough the air is during a flight.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Second, as the devices shrink energy dissipation increases, posing an insurmountable barrier.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Jan. 2026
Notably, like the Navier-Stokes equations (and unlike the other two kinds of equations the researchers studied), the CCF equations describe fluids that have a dissipation property akin to viscosity.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
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Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 30 Jan. 2026
Turbulence was measured using eddy dissipation rate (EDR), a standard aviation metric that captures how rough the air is during a flight.
—Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Second, as the devices shrink energy dissipation increases, posing an insurmountable barrier.
—Dina Genkina, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Jan. 2026
Notably, like the Navier-Stokes equations (and unlike the other two kinds of equations the researchers studied), the CCF equations describe fluids that have a dissipation property akin to viscosity.
—Quanta Magazine, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissipation
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Its habitat is being affected by climate change and fires started by farmers clearing land, which are contributing to ecosystem degradation in the region.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Apr. 2026
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Its habitat is being affected by climate change and fires started by farmers clearing land, both of which are contributing to ecosystem degradation in the region.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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As attention concentrates around AI, valuation dispersion has widened.—
Matt Witheiler,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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Standard risk and exclusion zone guidelines for LNG sites generally extend far beyond 400 feet, precisely because in the event of a release, thermal radiation, vapor dispersion or flash fires could affect areas well outside facility boundaries.—
Joel McPherson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2026
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Forty-seven years of extortion, corruption, and death will finally end.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2026
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Though Guelleh has presided over economic growth during his time as president, economic benefits have not fully trickled down, and much of the population remains mired in poverty; this economic inequality is due in part to corruption and patronage.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
7 Apr. 2026
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Police issued several dispersal orders before authorizing the use of force, which included deploying tear gas.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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The dispersal order has since been lifted.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
30 Mar. 2026
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To achieve this, the researchers used coherent scattering where nanoparticles were trapped in light intensity of 100 MW/cm2 and scattered it into an optical resonator.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Apr. 2026
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And more than 3,000 other places across the country, plus a scattering around the world.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Dissipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissipation. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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