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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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Nonetheless, the disconnect between the company’s share price and balance sheet is striking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

On markets: There’s a growing disconnect between Wall Street and Main Street, with the state of the economy having less impact on stocks.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 26, 2026

The probe also found there to be a "significant disconnect" between those working in the control room and NESO's leadership.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 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

If they looked inside themselves, they could see the disconnect.

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

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

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

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

Before I can reply, he bids me good night and disconnects our chat.

From "Warcross" by Marie Lu

Plus, he was isolated and disconnected, having moved from a neighborhood near his friends to one farther from transit and his community.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

Those that cause strong ionization leave continuous, sharply defined lines, while particles that produce weaker ionization may appear as scattered, disconnected dots.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026

Life has gotten faster, noisier and increasingly disconnected.

From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2026

School was very easy, it turned out, if you just disconnected your heart.

From "Breadcrumbs" by Anne Ursu

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

"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

"It's about taking yourself away from reality and disconnecting from advertising, marketing, social media, all those other things that we're surrounded with in life," she said.

From BBC ● Apr. 9, 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

They came together and fell apart, connecting and disconnecting to form an infinite number of shapes.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray


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