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as in breakup
the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces
the dissolution of the empire into a patchwork of petty kingdoms
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as in abolition
the doing away with something by formal action
one of the junta's first acts was the dissolution of the national assembly
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as in demise
the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities
she believed that her leukemia, although in remission, would eventually be the cause of her dissolution
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Recent Examples of dissolution
Big part of the Genpei War (1180–85), which ended with the dissolution of the Taira and the founding of the Kamakura shogunate.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Wright notified the researchers of the dissolution a day later.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Copeland and Summers have each been active as individual recording artists and live performers, beginning even before the group’s official dissolution, but their music has targeted niche audiences, only achieving marginal sales.
—Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Flo & Eddie Throughout, Volman and Kaylan remained steadfast, founding their own rock-comedy duo after the dissolution of the Turtles in 1970.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
Wright notified the researchers of the dissolution a day later.
—Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 10 Sep. 2025
Copeland and Summers have each been active as individual recording artists and live performers, beginning even before the group’s official dissolution, but their music has targeted niche audiences, only achieving marginal sales.
—Mike Alleyne, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Flo & Eddie Throughout, Volman and Kaylan remained steadfast, founding their own rock-comedy duo after the dissolution of the Turtles in 1970.
—Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissolution
Noun
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In videos shared to the meteor society and to local TV outlets, the satellite’s breakup appeared dramatic but serene, moving slowly across the sky and trailing glowing fragments for several seconds.—
Daniel Hunt,
Sacbee.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Scott was a first-team All-Big Ten selection last season and had two pass breakups, six tackles and 1½ tackles for loss prior to sustaining a lower leg injury in a Week 3 game against Western Michigan.—
Haley Sawyer,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
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For 25 to 34 year olds, 53 percent were republicans compared to 45 percent royalist and 35 to 44-year-olds were almost exactly split, with 48 percent in favor of abolition and 47 percent wanting to keep the royals.—
Jack Royston,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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His childhood pastor was a guy named Henry Highland Garnet, this Black radical pastor who advocated for abolition and even made a young Frederick Douglass appear to be weak on matters of abolition and measures of equity.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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Spotify has also hastened the demise of the album, as well as a world where the final product is used to promote the tour, rather than vice versa, alongside other pieces of merchandise like a T-shirt or poster.—
Roy Trakin,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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That can cause all sorts of problems for the tree, often leading to its untimely demise.—
Viveka Neveln,
Better Homes & Gardens,
1 Oct. 2025
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The divorce filing comes a day after reports surfaced about their split.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
30 Sep. 2025
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Judge Subramanian was convinced by this argument and other factors in play following the surprise split verdict and did not allow Combs to be sent home on bail.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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The repeal of clean energy tax credits also stands to hinder Kentucky's budding electric vehicle industry.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
25 Sep. 2025
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California’s stricter auto emissions For California, the consequences of the repeal are complicated.—
Chaewon Chung
Updated September 25,
Sacbee.com,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In 2023, there were seven positive cases and two deaths, and there were three positive cases and one death in 2022.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The initial air date would have been less than a month after Ozzy’s death, which came two weeks after the rock icon performed his final show, the all-star Back to the Beginning blow-out, at his home soccer stadium, Villa Park, in his hometown of Birmingham, England.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
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There is a partition between the driving cab and the main cabin.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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When visits were eventually permitted, they were limited to 10–20 minutes behind glass partitions.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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Once the selloff happened, the Twins were destined to be awful for the final two months, all but sealing Baldelli’s fate.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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As fate would have it, the Padres came back from a 3-2 deficit with four runs in the inning for what turned out to be a 6-3 final.—
Barry M. Bloom,
Sportico.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Dissolution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissolution. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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