1
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
Apple’s new top-of-the-line handset has its best cameras to date, an improved heat dissipation system and its most significant physical redesign in years.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Lorenzo is expected to weaken into a dissipation.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Battery Life Apple improved battery life in the iPhone 17 Pro through better heat dissipation and by creating more space for a bigger battery.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Shortcomings, however, were noted in heat dissipation, battery life, and the single rear camera.
—PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Oct. 2025
Lorenzo is expected to weaken into a dissipation.
—Miami Herald Hurricane Bot, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2025
Battery Life Apple improved battery life in the iPhone 17 Pro through better heat dissipation and by creating more space for a bigger battery.
—Jakob Schiller, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
Shortcomings, however, were noted in heat dissipation, battery life, and the single rear camera.
—PC Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissipation
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Take this eye cream—retinol, Indonesian ginger, and iris extract are an unexpected trio that prevent the degradation of and promote the creation of collagen, increase hyaluronic acid production, improve circulation, firm, and plump skin.—
Tamim Alnuweiri,
InStyle,
14 Jan. 2026
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But the ambiance impulse seems less about attention degradation than creating a magic circle around reading and deepening a sense of fantasy and escape.—
James Folta,
Literary Hub,
13 Jan. 2026
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Showing little propulsive momentum at the index level and under the sway of wide dispersion among stocks and sectors, this churning phase has left investor positioning and attitudes shy of dangerous extremes.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
5 Jan. 2026
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Stable dispersions lasted for up to a month, supported by strong negative zeta potentials in both water and ethanol.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Dec. 2025
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Years of high inflation and financial mismanagement eroded middle-class wealth, while high-level corruption has empowered a handful of businessmen to enrich themselves.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
21 Jan. 2026
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David Bainbridge was the opening witness in what is expected to be a multi-day preliminary hearing that will decide whether Price, 75, should stand trial in a public corruption case.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Some factors common to many invasive plants include rapid growth and early maturity, production of many seeds, wide dispersal of seeds by birds and wind, seeds that germinate quickly, few natural enemies, and an ability to reproduce vegetatively.—
Tim Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Jan. 2026
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Federal law enforcement is also ordered not to detain or arrest otherwise lawful protesters, use pepper spray against them as a crowd dispersal measure, or stop vehicles when there is no reasonable suspicion those inside are hindering federal agents’ and officers’ efforts on immigration.—
Dennis Romero,
NBC news,
17 Jan. 2026
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Among the regulars at these family dinners were my grandmother’s three brothers, their wives, and a scattering of their children and grandchildren.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Jan. 2026
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The crux of contention, Nemmen says, is just how much ionized gas a cocoon would hold, and thus how much electron scattering would interfere with measuring a lurking black hole’s actual mass.—
Lee Billings,
Scientific American,
14 Jan. 2026
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“Dissipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissipation. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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