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unsettlement

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Definition of unsettlement

as in upheaval

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Recent Examples of unsettlement The third one is transgenerational trauma; the fact that this sense of dispossession, this sense of insecurity, this sense of unsettlement is transferred from generation to generation. — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024

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As in Pachinko, Lee captures the consequences that systemic historical upheavals visit upon private life.

— Sanjena Sathian, Vulture, 22 Sep. 2026
Last year, Georgia Power proposed and received approval for a historic power grid expansion to support data centers that drew the ire of its customers and led to a political upheaval at the PSC.

— Kristi Swartz, AJC.com, 22 Sep. 2026

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Signs of infection include high fever, headache, neck stiffness, disorientation, coma, convulsions, muscle weakness, vision loss and paralysis.

— Esther Launstein, Cincinnati Enquirer, 27 Aug. 2026
But in some cases, West Nile can reach the brain and cause extreme headaches, meningitis, tremors, convulsions and paralysis.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026

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Barring a cultural revolution, its current students will more or less be running the country from about 2045 to 2070.

— Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Alongside this, spurred by the digital revolution, Italian culture is shifting away from solitary individualism towards a rekindled sense of community.

— Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026

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