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dissolution

[dis-uh-loo-shuhn] / ˌdɪs əˈlu ʃən /




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One is a tabloid-worthy court battle with his estranged wife over whether the $723 million he has offered her is fair settlement for the dissolution of their nearly 24-year marriage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

It also often leads to housing instability, academic withdrawal, and family dissolution.

From Slate ● Oct. 8, 2026

The researchers process PET plastic, discarded corn stalks and leaves, and other biomass using a proprietary technique known as oxidative hydrothermal dissolution.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 13, 2026

The authority will be replaced by the new West Surrey Council in April 2027 following the dissolution of Surrey County Council and its 11 boroughs and districts as part of local government reorganisation.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

If a judge were to mandate the dissolution of the company, its factories would remain standing and its workers, accountants, managers and shareholders would continue to live—but Peugeot SA would immediately vanish.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari

"It's not about the election, it's about the dissolutions."

From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026

“These are mom-and-pop owners of real estate. People going through death, divorce, partnership dissolutions or retirement who are forced to sell as soon as possible,” Maher said.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2023

The dissolutions could create a fresh constitutional crisis in the country.

From Reuters ● Dec. 17, 2022

Between April and June 2021, there were 190,639 new incorporations and 115,554 dissolutions in the UK.

From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2021

The members of the House of Commons were the same as those who had been returned to the Parliaments he had just dissolved, and their temper was naturally embittered by the two dissolutions.

From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by John Richard Green


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