breakdown
Example Sentences
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As demonstrated by the outbreaks of the English Civil War in 1642 and the French Revolution in 1789, fiscal breakdown caused a loss of political legitimacy.
“The person is awake, but at the same time, there’s clearly this brief breakdown of ability to focus on the outside world.”
That capability opens the door to tracking the full life cycle of microplastics, from ingestion and internal transport to transformation and final breakdown.
From Science Daily
But his trip comes amid a major breakdown in trust between Washington and European capitals in the wake of the Greenland drama, which rattled transatlantic relations.
From Barron's
The selloff last week feels like it created a compelling risk/reward opportunity, as the stock has nearly met its measured move lower from the bearish head and shoulders breakdown.
From Barron's
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