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disappearance

[dis-uh-peer-uhns] / ˌdɪs əˈpɪər əns /


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For a half-century, Congress has been offering middle- and working-class Americans options for tax-advantaged individual retirement savings, largely to compensate for the disappearance of traditional pensions.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

“The disappearance of the regent honeyeater’s song is a cultural issue, too,” Mr. Hoffman writes.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Three days after Richard's disappearance, bank transactions showed Wright went to Allendale Building Supplies in Hoyland.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

The repeated appearance and disappearance of sperm conjugation is one of the study's most notable findings.

From Science Daily Aug. 6, 2026

I haven’t seen Jackson all week, and his disappearance has been preying on my mind in a way I don’t like.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland

For Mahrang, 33, the issue of enforced disappearances is not merely political.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum has focused on distinguishing between disappearances committed by organized crime and those forced by state agents.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 10, 2026

US President Donald Trump also weighed in, calling the disappearances and deaths "pretty serious stuff".

From BBC Jun. 2, 2026

Ramos, who investigated and publicized the case, said "I'm now convinced that the sanctions came out on April 16 because a documentary that denounced those enforced disappearances."

From Barron's May 14, 2026

These puzzles remind one of equally puzzling non-inventions, or else disappearances of inventions, in small isolated societies, including Aboriginal Tasmania, Aboriginal Australia, Japan, Polynesian islands, and the American Arctic.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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