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disconnect

[dis-kuh-nekt] / ˌdɪs kəˈnɛkt /


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But it seems there has been a disconnect between what he believed was possible in a given timeframe and what Towriss expected.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

And if there’s one person who has spent more time thinking about that disconnect than almost anyone else, it’s Dave Infante.

From Salon Aug. 15, 2026

I feel like there’s a disconnect in my brain between like what I think people know of me versus what reality actually is.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

But she told me that Gould’s three words come to her when she’s behind in a game, or explaining the disconnect between the company’s results and the market’s perception to employees.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

He showed none of the disconnect between what he did and what he believed that I'd seen in so many of my law professors.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

But when you start to focus on improving the metric, it often disconnects from the thing you actually care about underneath.

From Slate Aug. 11, 2026

“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

For Jessa Calderon, a Chumash and Tongva songwriter, these disconnects are ever-present in the concrete-hardened rivers snaking through Los Angeles, and the sour taste of industrialization often singeing the air.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 11, 2024

He disconnects everything that will disconnect; he lays its parts out on the floor and holds them one by one to the light.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

The second of the two 706-megawatt reactors at Cernavodă was disconnected from the Romanian electricity grid just before midday on Thursday.

From BBC Aug. 13, 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

All the sixth graders—like Mrs. Olinski herself—were new to Epiphany Middle School, but Nadia—like Mrs. Olinski herself—seemed most disconnected.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg

"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

But the fear of missing out, or “FOMO,” that comes with disconnecting can be equally daunting, some say.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 21, 2026

Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when electricity is in short supply.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 6, 2026

The “intention-action gap” is massive — 81% of Gen Z says they wish disconnecting were easier, but revealed-preference theory suggests we should only believe what they do, not what they wish.

From MarketWatch Oct. 17, 2025

Just like Mommy did years before me, I began my own process of running, emotionally disconnecting myself from her, as if by doing so I could keep her suffering from touching me.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride




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