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Recent Examples of dissociation
This pulse can trigger a process known as electromagnetic dissociation, in which a photon interacts with a nucleus, inducing internal oscillations that eject neutrons and photons.
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
This had precipitated a frightening period of paralysis and dissociation, during which Murata fluctuated between suicidal and homicidal thoughts.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
They also were tested for more cognitive motor dissociation.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Unbearable tragedy lurks in these pages: rape, addiction, dissociation, generational memory of the pogroms and of the Holocaust, all chopped to pieces and stuffed between winningly insane layers of syntactical bizzaria and presentational devices galore.
—Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Victoria Corless, Space.com, 13 May 2025
This had precipitated a frightening period of paralysis and dissociation, during which Murata fluctuated between suicidal and homicidal thoughts.
—Elif Batuman, New Yorker, 7 Apr. 2025
They also were tested for more cognitive motor dissociation.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025
Unbearable tragedy lurks in these pages: rape, addiction, dissociation, generational memory of the pogroms and of the Holocaust, all chopped to pieces and stuffed between winningly insane layers of syntactical bizzaria and presentational devices galore.
—Alexandra Tanner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissociation
Noun
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Those seeking juicy insights about intra-group dynamics or the dissolution of the marriages between Faltskog and Ulvaeus and Andersson and Lyngstad during ABBA’s pinnacle should look elsewhere.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
26 June 2025
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The potential dissolution of Tuvalu presents companies with new challenges in domain management.—
Daniel Strauss,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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What strikes me about the breakup songs on the album is that unlike some modern pop hits on that topic, which aren’t afraid to be overly dramatic and use expletives, yours seem pretty civil.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
26 June 2025
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After the breakup, however, don’t expect your monthly expenses to go down by half.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
22 June 2025
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“Dissociation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissociation. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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