dislocation

Example Sentences

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Psychological trauma, social fragmentation, and economic dislocation are persistent scars that can span generations.

From Salon • Mar. 25, 2026

But at the same time, I see this market dislocation, right?

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 16, 2026

But it attains the weight of well-wrought drama as Yosef and his family consider complex questions of home and dislocation, and it’s put together with a strong sense of rhythm and composition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

The dislocation in the market for liquefied natural gas—the backbone of Europe and Asia’s electricity and heating supplies—has the potential to be even worse.

From Barron's • Mar. 6, 2026

Perhaps that lunatic dislocation in the mind could really happen: that was the thought that defeated him.

From "1984" by George Orwell