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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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This disconnect between managers and staff is something employment lawyer Jodie Hill is familiar with.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

This disconnect between math and gut instinct reveals that the game isn’t actually just about numbers — it’s about utility and regret, which has sparked an animated discussion in the comments.

From MarketWatch Jul. 24, 2026

Part of the disconnect is that banks have been focusing their businesses on prime and super-prime consumers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The DWP then came in to disconnect the system on the customer side of the meter, spokesperson Riana Basuel wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

I disconnect Hangouts without waiting for Rabia to reply.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan

“This space is on fire despite stock price disconnects YTD for basically all of AI semis,” Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes wrote on Friday.

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

Kill Switch Feature: This automatically disconnects your internet if the VPN connection drops, preventing your data from being exposed accidentally.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2026

Current and former employees say Vaughn needs to reignite morale and end disconnects with corporate executives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

But “a switch goes off in a narcissist’s brain that disconnects them emotionally from you.”

From Slate Jul. 23, 2025

It sends a current through me, and for at least a moment, disconnects me from my thoughts.

From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson

The framework, created by researchers at Heidelberg University's Institute for Theoretical Physics, explains how quasiparticles emerge and links two previously disconnected quantum states.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

There was plenty of security and law enforcement, but it all seemed a bit disconnected.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 23, 2026

The power plants can operate fully disconnected from the grid, though they may eventually be connected.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

The mortality impact of being socially disconnected is greater than that of obesity and physical inactivity, Murthy said.

From MarketWatch Jun. 19, 2026

I had never felt more lonely or disconnected in my life.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

And I don’t judge myself for stepping away and disconnecting from intentional art and intentional creation.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

"I was bored sometimes, and that's okay," West recalled one recent evening at a city community garden where detox participants met to share their struggles and joys of disconnecting.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

"It's about taking yourself away from reality and disconnecting from advertising, marketing, social media, all those other things that we're surrounded with in life," she said.

From BBC Apr. 9, 2026

Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when electricity is in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

While I’m old enough to know Carl’s disappearance had nothing to do with my mom leaving, there’s no disconnecting the two in my mind.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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