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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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However, the performance also showed Liverpool may need a defensive midfielder to plug the huge disconnect between the defence and midfield, especially on the counter attack.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

And if there’s one person who has spent more time thinking about that disconnect than almost anyone else, it’s Dave Infante.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

In response, many readers wrote about their own efforts to disconnect and unplug, and the learnings that came from making those steps.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

I feel like there’s a disconnect in my brain between like what I think people know of me versus what reality actually is.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Through Pickwick, for example, we met the man at the central telephone exchange whose department handled orders to connect and disconnect lines.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

But when you start to focus on improving the metric, it often disconnects from the thing you actually care about underneath.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

Surfshark includes a reliable kill switch that blocks traffic if the VPN disconnects, and, like NordVPN, it uses RAM-only servers and offers DNS leak protection.

From Salon Mar. 27, 2026

“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

A dispassionate prompt—one that reminds leaders of what they have agreed to—can make a real difference by highlighting disconnects and asking, “Are you OK with that?”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

But many people have halfburied truths, or small lies, or disconnects, little bits of dissonance in how they live their lives.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

The second of the two 706-megawatt reactors at Cernavodă was disconnected from the Romanian electricity grid just before midday on Thursday.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

“It was the most disconnected from my body I had ever felt,” she said.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

Although McCreary says that “Ekleipsis” is not disconnected from that universe, it is not strictly tied to a narrative.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

The FAA attributed the outage to employees at FAA contractor L3Harris, who disconnected equipment while moving it to a different facility.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

On one visit to New York City, where Woolner’s mother lives in the winter, Woolner lost her debit card and felt anxious about being disconnected, even briefly, from her money.

From "Class Matters" by The New York Times

"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

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

The “intention-action gap” is massive — 81% of Gen Z says they wish disconnecting were easier, but revealed-preference theory suggests we should only believe what they do, not what they wish.

From MarketWatch Oct. 17, 2025

And some area residents will be without cable television and internet, as Cox Communications announced it will be disconnecting service to 146 customers in the Portuguese Bend Community Assn. starting Monday.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 7, 2024

Just like Mommy did years before me, I began my own process of running, emotionally disconnecting myself from her, as if by doing so I could keep her suffering from touching me.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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