as in decomposition
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Recent Examples of disintegration
In the chaos during the disintegration of the German Democratic Republic, a group of clever East Germans seize the chance to retrieve hidden millions from an underground vault.
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Clifford Coonan, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
In its latest attempt, the rocket launched successfully from Texas but lost contact after approximately 10 minutes, leading to its disintegration over Florida.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Constant observation of these events on your social media can create a massive shock to the nervous system and a sense of disintegration and fragmentation, coupled with intense emotions such as crying, shallow breathing or lashing out.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Yet a life guided by this precept flashed by in moments of critical distraction and disintegration.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Clifford Coonan, Variety, 16 Mar. 2025
In its latest attempt, the rocket launched successfully from Texas but lost contact after approximately 10 minutes, leading to its disintegration over Florida.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Constant observation of these events on your social media can create a massive shock to the nervous system and a sense of disintegration and fragmentation, coupled with intense emotions such as crying, shallow breathing or lashing out.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
Yet a life guided by this precept flashed by in moments of critical distraction and disintegration.
—Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disintegration
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One hundred and thirteen years later, much of the great vessel — and what’s left of its splendors — remains in the same spot it was found four decades ago in 1985, though decay and human interference have changed its form over time.—
Nicole Briese,
People.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Water fluoridation has been proven to be so effective at preventing tooth decay that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) named it one of the 10 greatest public health achievements of the 20th century, a time during which Americans' life expectancies rose by 30 years.—
Hannah Yasharoff,
USA Today,
13 Apr. 2025
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Both judges were also accused of undermining the public’s confidence in the judiciary through their comments to The Capital Gazette and other publications, including a Baltimore Banner column calling for the Orphans’ Court’s dissolution.—
Luke Parker,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Apr. 2025
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The beginnings of the dissolution of dialogue Until 1990, American politics and government was always a raucous and contentious how-do-you-do, but ultimately a cooperative venture to one degree or another.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Finally, protein intake helps prevent muscle breakdown, especially when working out intensely or going through a period of calorie restriction for any reason.—
Lauren Panoff, MPH, RD,
Verywell Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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The chart above shows the genre breakdown of the entries.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
17 Apr. 2025
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“Disintegration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disintegration. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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