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Noun
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Each of his figures exists in a limbo of invalidism, enervation, atrophied mythology, Arcadian dreams of bathing beauties, and all our endless Modernist nudes by riverbeds, in parks, beds, stripped naked facing us, or masturbating.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
12 Nov. 2021 -
As Eliot went through a crisis involving his turn to Christianity, Vivien’s invalidism, and his mother’s death, his letters got more and more intense and confessional.—
Christopher Tayler,
Harper’s Magazine ,
17 Aug. 2022
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The shadow of death and debility haunted American women throughout the nineteenth century.—
Jenny Noyce,
JSTOR Daily,
28 June 2024
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President Biden’s troubles — lingering inflation, wars and rumors of wars, his debility — could have benefited any Republican.—
David Harsanyi,
National Review,
25 Jan. 2024
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Besides being nuisances, many types carry diseases including West Nile virus, encephalitis, and canine heartworm.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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An Ohio music conductor is using deep brain stimulation to combat his Parkinson’s disease.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
10 May 2025
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In playing the character later on, was there a sort of reverse-engineering of his decrepitude?—
Todd Gilchrist,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2025
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The clinics’ decrepitude was regularly mentioned in health ministry meetings.—
Mara Kardas-Nelson,
The Dial,
8 Apr. 2025
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At least one birth scene is featured in each episode, plus a host of complications and maladies affecting the mothers who are just trying their best in the rapidly changing post-World War II society.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Many Idahoans — including several of the state’s lawmakers, according to comments made on the House and Senate floors — have been clamoring to use the drug to treat a wide range of maladies, from cancer to the common cold, for which it is not approved by the FDA.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
16 Apr. 2025
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Miscellaneous The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of these Official Rules or the Affidavit will not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision.—
USA TODAY,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025
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This latest result has nothing to say about parallel universes, the multiverse, or the validity or invalidity of any of the still-viable interpretations of quantum mechanics.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
13 Dec. 2024
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The threadbare plot is set in motion when Tesfaye’s screen-self (henceforth referred to as Abel) loses his voice while touring, a real-life incident forced here into heavy-handed metaphor as an existential ailment symptomatic of his deeper issues with himself and women.—
Charles Bramesco,
IndieWire,
15 May 2025
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Djokovic struggled with his fitness and had a reputation for pulling out of matches with various ailments.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
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This decision, framed by loyalty and political considerations, obscured the president’s infirmity at a moment of pivotal international consequence.—
Richard Menger MD MPA,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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Despite his infirmities, Washington served his nation again by running for a second term.—
Michael Wilner,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Sickliness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sickliness. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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