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instability

[in-stuh-bil-i-tee] / ˌɪn stəˈbɪl ɪ ti /


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More geopolitical instability, more frequent supply shocks and macro volatility are facing investors in an era that’s just starting, says Charles Schwab.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

Although financial collapse was averted, the troubles that contributed to the receivership were exacerbated over the years by leadership instability — with 11 appointed leaders over an 11-year span.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

“AI hype and exuberant financial markets” could sow the seeds of instability.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

As the sun heats the air close to the ground, that instability will allow the air to rise rapidly, forming the big cumulonimbus clouds that produce thunderstorms.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2026

The Soviets quickly caught on to the emotional distress and instability of their prized secret agent.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

By developing a new high-density operating approach for EAST, the team showed that plasma density can be pushed well past long-standing empirical limits without triggering the disruptive instabilities that usually end experiments.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2026

These instabilities have been a major obstacle to improving fusion performance.

From Science Daily Jan. 4, 2026

These persistent instabilities can affect everything from uplift and erosion to inland volcanic patterns, even in regions considered geologically stable.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2025

Its present size and depth, approximately 350 km wide, line up well with predictions for these slow-moving mantle instabilities.

From Science Daily Nov. 25, 2025

Alienists assure us that insanity is on the increase, and it is certain that modern conditions of life have favoured nervous instabilities of temperament, which express themselves in eccentricities of conduct. 

From The Vagabond in Literature by Rickett, Arthur




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