disintegration

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Recent Examples of disintegration But this past year, as international assistance was slashed, she's seen the disintegration of much of what she's built. Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 4 Mar. 2026 The end of that conflict followed the people’s dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the reunification of Germany and finally the disintegration in 1991 of the Soviet Union. Arthur I. Cyr, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026 Such a disintegration seems implausible for this iteration of Spurs under Ho, a project that seems to have finally evolved from its mushy underbelly into a clear and steadfast vision. Megan Feringa, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026 Instead what followed was the slow disintegration of a championship core, an inability to reclimb the mountain and the slow, depressing slide into lamenting what could have been. Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 6 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for disintegration
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Noun
  • The system begins by preprocessing battery data using a technique called complete ensemble empirical mode decomposition with adaptive noise.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 24 Mar. 2026
  • In addition, warmer water temperatures and the decomposition of organic material can promote bacterial growth.
    Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 19 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • If a single atom of that sample decays, the vial breaks, and the cat dies.
    Camila Domonoske, NPR, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The universe, however, consists of matter but almost no antimatter, which exists naturally only in small quantities, created by radioactive decay and cosmic ray collisions.
    Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • As of publication time, the dissolution of the cooperative had not appeared on a state board agenda, nor was that scheduled for an upcoming meeting, according to the state.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Experts warn that the island’s economic contraction has pushed Cuba into its most perilous state since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, its former economic sponsor and political protector.
    Sarah Fitzpatrick, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Clicking into the title will give you even more information, including a blurb about what parents need to know, a breakdown of potential concerns and positive qualities about the book, and reviews from kids.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Microplastics are tiny and sometimes invisible shreds of plastic that can be produced by the breakdown of plastic, the shedding of clothing fibers, manufacturing processes, and more.
    Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 2 Apr. 2026

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“Disintegration.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disintegration. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.

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