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malaise

[ma-leyz, -muh-, ma-lez] / mæˈleɪz, -mə-, maˈlɛz /


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A broad malaise is sweeping office life at American companies, which appear to be in a race to find inefficiencies and cut costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

What I most definitely had was malaise: The ring had issued a warning, but why?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The crisis in the chemicals sector reflects a broader malaise in the German economy, whose growth has trailed behind other major economies.

From Barron's • Mar. 26, 2026

Often, the design’s playfulness obscures the protagonist’s malaise.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Her soliloquies mawkish, her sentiments maudlin, malaise dripped like a fever from her pores.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri




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