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.
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Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
The first sign of unsettlement is when Carl starts bringing mismatched chairs to Jody’s shop, where the play takes place, claiming his own apartment is too small.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2024
The first sign of unsettlement is when Carl starts bringing mismatched chairs to Jody’s shop, where the play takes place, claiming his own apartment is too small.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsettlement
Noun
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Constant procedural upheaval and backlogs are poison.—
Scott White,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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King took over in June as the district was confronting a $734 million budget crisis in the wake of leadership upheaval.—
Kate Perez,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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For more severe and potentially life-threatening infections, symptoms may include headaches, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions.—
Matthew Robinson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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Then came the stock market convulsions and recessionary fears triggered in April by President Trump’s sweeping tariffs.—
Hadley Meares,
HollywoodReporter,
17 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In the play, the composer blames the tsar for unleashing the violent revolution and thus causing his own devastating displacement.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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The systems may still be catching up, but the revolution has already begun, quietly, in homes, clinics, and communities.—
Ginger Gentile,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Unsettlement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unsettlement. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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