disintegration

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Recent Examples of disintegration More broadly, Israel's security chiefs had been scarred by the disintegration of ceasefire and hostage talks at the 11th hour in previous rounds and were keen to move toward a comprehensive end to fighting, Tomer told Newsweek. Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 No tears and screaming matches are forthcoming: With swift, calmly devastating strokes of omission, Li and editor Qin Yanan articulate the cruelly passive disintegration of a relationship while Yu is in physical turmoil. Guy Lodge, Variety, 6 Feb. 2025 That stress widens and deepens the crevasses that Chudley studied—a feedback cycle that could speed the disintegration of the Greenland Ice Sheet. Ars Technica, 3 Feb. 2025 Then came the disintegration of Brian Jones, once one of her best friends, now debilitated with drugs and insecurities. Bill Wyman, Vulture, 30 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disintegration
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Noun
  • Since then, the levels have been adjusted to a maximum of 0.7 ppm or 0.7 milligrams of fluoride per liter of water, which is considered optimal for preventing tooth decay.
    Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Weak or absent pulse Chronic Limb-Threatening Ischemia Some people with severe arterial blockages develop chronic limb-threatening ischemia (insufficient blood flow), which can cause severe, constant pain, gangrene (tissue decay), and even limb loss (amputation).
    Alicen Nelson MD, Verywell Health, 27 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Every good film is, to some degree, a transporting experience—a dissolution of boundaries between here and there, then and now.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2025
  • As President Donald Trump pursues the dissolution of the Department of Education, local leaders are scrambling to understand how staffing cuts and the potential loss of federal funding will affect schools.
    Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • And someone who's having a breakdown and crying non-stop, but yelling at people to sedate her....
    Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 28 Mar. 2025
  • One, a breakdown of the federal financial aid system.
    Tinbete Ermyas, NPR, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Disintegration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disintegration. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.

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