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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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“When you disconnect the stream from its floodplain and put it into a man-made channel, you lose all that habitat complexity, and you start to lose some of those species.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

When people change theirs, it can be a sign that they want to disconnect and disassociate from it, he adds.

From BBC Jul. 18, 2026

The disconnect stems from big banks focusing on prime and super-prime consumers and tightening their lending standards over the past few years.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The team also found that the disconnect between photosynthesis and growth became even stronger during years when local weather swung between unusually wet and unusually dry conditions.

From Science Daily Jul. 9, 2026

Someone had pulled the stove away from the wall to disconnect the gas line.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn

“This space is on fire despite stock price disconnects YTD for basically all of AI semis,” Melius Research analyst Ben Reitzes wrote on Friday.

From Barron's Mar. 9, 2026

A dispassionate prompt—one that reminds leaders of what they have agreed to—can make a real difference by highlighting disconnects and asking, “Are you OK with that?”

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 1, 2025

But “a switch goes off in a narcissist’s brain that disconnects them emotionally from you.”

From Slate Jul. 23, 2025

“There are so many disconnects and a lack of accountability for really protecting the lives of Indigenous and Black people in this state,” Kebec said.

From Salon Oct. 5, 2024

There were so many cultural disconnects, but my friends accepted me.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

Singer-songwriter Kate Nash believes many English people are disconnected from parts of their own history, and her latest single is an attempt to start a conversation about why.

From BBC Aug. 5, 2026

“It was the most disconnected from my body I had ever felt,” she said.

From Slate Aug. 1, 2026

Although McCreary says that “Ekleipsis” is not disconnected from that universe, it is not strictly tied to a narrative.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 28, 2026

Not disconnected from the action it is trying to officiate.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

Brief second of terror in which brain and legs were disconnected.

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

A section of the River Kemp, in south Shropshire, had been straightened by landowners in the 1800s, disconnecting it from its natural floodplain and reducing biodiversity.

From BBC Jul. 1, 2026

And I don’t judge myself for stepping away and disconnecting from intentional art and intentional creation.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 4, 2026

"I was bored sometimes, and that's okay," West recalled one recent evening at a city community garden where detox participants met to share their struggles and joys of disconnecting.

From Barron's Apr. 22, 2026

Nor does it reckon with data on straight men’s growing acceptance of homosexuality or the role of technology in connecting and disconnecting people, or evidence of declining associational activities in general.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 14, 2026

While I’m old enough to know Carl’s disappearance had nothing to do with my mom leaving, there’s no disconnecting the two in my mind.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone




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