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disconnection

[dis-kuh-nek-shuhn] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛk ʃən /
NOUN
separation
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The disconnection between the hopes for change in Miami and the realities on the ground in Cuba is stark.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

But disconnection does not have to be permanent.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

"They're enjoying being able to be together without having to spend any money. There's access into dealing with loneliness, and disconnection and all the social problems that we're dealing with."

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

Men’s social disconnection is the subject of Andrew McCarthy’s “Who Needs Friends,” which shines in its more unvarnished portraits of the author’s own friends.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026

Somehow, Jesse had escaped that degree of anger and disconnection.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

That’s when a ban on such disconnections was in place, under an emergency order by Gov. Jay Inslee.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

Televisa's cable segment saw 737,000 disconnections between broadband and video subscribers and a revenue drop of 2.0%.

From Reuters ● Oct. 26, 2023

This model was designed with the same priorities as the previous models, with the added ingredient of design constraints, and prioritizing physically viable frames, for instance, with no disconnections or overlapping bars.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2023

With “Love Life,” the Japanese filmmaker is still focused on unspoken disconnections that only a shock to the system can expose.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2023

Tako stood before us; he reached to the operating mechanisms under the dial-face at our belts, making some disconnections which we did not understand.

From The White Invaders by Ray Cummings




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