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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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The DWP then came in to disconnect the system on the customer side of the meter, spokesperson Riana Basuel wrote in an email.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

Usually, though, he cranks up country music to “just disconnect for a little bit.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

The team also found that the disconnect between photosynthesis and growth became even stronger during years when local weather swung between unusually wet and unusually dry conditions.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

There was a disconnect between what the children and their parents want in terms of careers and what their schools can offer them, she said.

From BBC Jun. 29, 2026

Instead of getting in there and taking things over, couldn’t we learn to disconnect altogether, uncouple, detach, and float free?

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

“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

Kill Switch Feature: This automatically disconnects your internet if the VPN connection drops, preventing your data from being exposed accidentally.

From Salon Feb. 12, 2026

Current and former employees say Vaughn needs to reignite morale and end disconnects with corporate executives.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 10, 2026

But “a switch goes off in a narcissist’s brain that disconnects them emotionally from you.”

From Slate Jul. 23, 2025

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

The framework, created by researchers at Heidelberg University's Institute for Theoretical Physics, explains how quasiparticles emerge and links two previously disconnected quantum states.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Not disconnected from the action it is trying to officiate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

If your pet already has a microchip, make sure the information is up to date; sometimes, even pets with microchips can’t be identified because the phone number associated with them has been disconnected.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 3, 2026

The power plants can operate fully disconnected from the grid, though they may eventually be connected.

From Barron's Jun. 22, 2026

Although I hadn’t had a seizure since May, the night of the perigee moon—which was now one hundred million miles behind me—I felt disconnected and drained.

From "100 Sideways Miles" by Andrew Smith

"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

Nor does it reckon with data on straight men’s growing acceptance of homosexuality or the role of technology in connecting and disconnecting people, or evidence of declining associational activities in general.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 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

After disconnecting from it, the three countries will operate in "isolated mode" for about 24 hours - surviving only on their own power - before integrating into the European grid via Poland.

From BBC Feb. 7, 2025

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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