dysfunction
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"This suggests that both molecular and architectural changes may contribute to persistent taste dysfunction."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 19, 2026
“Thank you for your patience and understanding,” Sanders said, “and giving us the time that we needed to navigate some dysfunction and some troubled waters to write the album we’re proud of.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026
Demagogues and electoral dysfunction are nothing new, as he acknowledges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
"Those who are doing their job and trying to do their job should be properly remunerated for it but unfortunately some are prevented from doing that by the dysfunction".
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
She didn’t tell him his mom was nice, or pretend that she hadn’t just seen the definition of dysfunction.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
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But U.S. submarine production is limited by a brittle supply chain, scarce skilled labor, and other dysfunctions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
"There was a very structured 50-year-long reflection on themes that may seem light, but are in fact about our Western world, about the dysfunctions of our Western world," curator Quentin Bajac told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026
The agency said he died Tuesday after being treated for age-related illnesses and multiple organ dysfunctions for the past year.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2024
"The simultaneous promotion and inhibition of inflammation by these enzymes could serve as an important protective mechanism for preventing dysfunctions arising in the system."
From Science Daily ● May 2, 2024
These living arrangements - more adapted to rustic open spaces than to high rises - led to severe social and psychological dysfunctions.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Samuel Vaknin
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