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instability

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


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Asian refiners are among those that might want to diversify their crude sources as a result of the instability in the Middle East.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

According to the World Weather Attribution group, the massive rock-and-ice collapse was shaped by long-term warming, glacier retreat and geological instability.

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

He said this was "increasingly dangerous" in a time of global instability.

From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026

Evan Mawarire is a Zimbabwean pastor and activist, and since 2008, his home country has experienced a kind of inflation and economic instability that is hard to fathom.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

“But when things weren’t going well, they became signs of incompetence or instability on my part—even among employees and business partners.”

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

Even relatively small disturbances in the plasma, known as instabilities, can grow within milliseconds and disrupt the fusion reaction.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Jan. 4, 2026

By measuring the beam's shape and the magnetic fields it generated, the researchers were able to determine whether plasma instabilities could be strong enough to disrupt the beam's flow.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 7, 2025

However, the high-confinement mode has historically come hand-in-hand with instabilities at the plasma's edge, a challenge that has required fusion researchers to find creative workarounds.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 5, 2024

Except these classical psychiatric illnesses, there are illnesses produced by dynamical and transitory instabilities of the brain.

From The Brain, A Decoded Enigma by Dorin Teodor Moisa




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