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unstable

[uhn-stey-buhl] / ʌnˈsteɪ bəl /


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This is the 17th Ebola outbreak to hit the DRC, a vast and unstable central African country of more than 100 million people.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

But over the short and even intermediate terms, lasting not just several years but decades, gold’s correlation to inflation is unstable.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

If the race for nuclear weapons widens and accelerates, the region will become more unstable, heightening risks for the entire world.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 7, 2026

At the heart of quantum computing are qubits, which offer the promise of answering questions that defeat today's machines, but are notoriously delicate and unstable.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

If this happened, the universe would be in an unstable state, with more energy than if the symmetry had been broken.

From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking




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