disorder

Example Sentences

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When she was 6 or 7, Blunt started stuttering, a hereditary disorder that runs in her family.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

"No matter the pain we feel, there is no justification for more violence and disorder," Starmer told lawmakers.

From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026

Among the 524,817 participants who did not have a substance use disorder when the study began, those taking GLP-1 medications were less likely to develop one over time.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2026

Al-Hashimi became a polyglot — speaking English, Farsi and Armenian — in part to curb the effects of a seizure disorder on her temporal lobe, which is crucial for language comprehension.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 3, 2026

He did find that some people had skin cells that changed color spontaneously, but those were an indication of illness, or conditions like vitiligo, an autoimmune disorder where healthy melanin cells die or stop working.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste