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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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On returning home he ate pizza and played video games, claiming he "had to disconnect".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

But when it comes to actually acting, there’s a disconnect.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026

Maher described "a huge disconnect between what elected officials are doing in the states and what the American public wants."

From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026

That contemporary disconnect is what makes Greaves’ documentary that more profound.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

If she says, Let’s go to the mall, I will disconnect.

From "Every Day" by David Levithan

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

“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

For Jessa Calderon, a Chumash and Tongva songwriter, these disconnects are ever-present in the concrete-hardened rivers snaking through Los Angeles, and the sour taste of industrialization often singeing the air.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2024

He disconnects everything that will disconnect; he lays its parts out on the floor and holds them one by one to the light.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

But since it became operational, critics have faulted both the meager pledges from governments -- $822 million to date -- and a disbursement cycle disconnected from climate disasters.

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

"I accept that PC Parsons felt isolated and disconnected from policing and her team working part time, returning from maternity leave, and working from home as she described," she said.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

“The ‘strong’ version of the dead internet conspiracy theory claims that online activity is entirely disconnected from human activity because our society ceased to exist some time ago.

From Salon ● Oct. 15, 2026

Over the past few months, the performance of the premier U.S. equity index has grown increasingly disconnected from that of the average U.S.-traded stock.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

We broke the fin off the board and disconnected the mast, and then we lashed Stef to the board with the sail.

From "Adrift" by Paul Griffin

The mind learns that disconnecting can allow a person to get space from the sensations, emotions, or experiences that are painful or overwhelming.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

For centuries, the UK has modified landscapes to move water off the land as quickly as possible by draining uplands and peatlands, straightening rivers and disconnecting rivers from floodplains.

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026

"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

But the fear of missing out, or “FOMO,” that comes with disconnecting can be equally daunting, some say.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 21, 2026

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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