as in havoc
a state in which everything is out of order
the boy's room is in such chaos that it looks as though a tornado had struck
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Recent Examples of chaos
And the London game always feels like a mulligan — long travels on short weeks, low scores with high chaos.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
One is the nature of the dynamic, what’s called critical bordering between chaos and order.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
When season 3 begins, Hal (Rufus Sewell) finds himself in the middle of historical chaos after his phone call with the president (Michael McKean) resulted in the president's death.
—Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
The chaos contained, easy to clean.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
One is the nature of the dynamic, what’s called critical bordering between chaos and order.
—Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2025
When season 3 begins, Hal (Rufus Sewell) finds himself in the middle of historical chaos after his phone call with the president (Michael McKean) resulted in the president's death.
—Samantha Highfill, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Oct. 2025
The chaos contained, easy to clean.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaos
Noun
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Who could possibly top the diary of havoc written in Santa Clara?—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
18 Oct. 2025
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There, the Brewers’ havoc seemed to start.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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By contrast, the ICE facility was a mess of overflowing dumpsters, loose body armor and crowd control munitions and a broken HVAC air conditioning system that raised both temperatures and tempers in the aging building.—
Keith Wilson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Carving out the insides of a jack o'lantern leaves you with a big ol mess of pumpkin seeds and innards.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
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Ray’s most chaotic photograms—jumbles that push out of the frame or look like time bombs ready to explode—find echoes in his films, projected on the back walls, a show in themselves.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
3 Oct. 2025
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In jumbles of old stones that, to me, are barely legible as the remains of buildings, Cocon López could see the entire timeline of old Aké and how later people interacted with and repurposed what came before.—
Lizzie Wade,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 May 2025
Noun
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The campaign immediately received backlash and prompted confusion from doctors who dismissed its effectiveness.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
18 Oct. 2025
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Rookie Pat Bryant, split out wide, had his hands outstretched in confusion for six full seconds before the ball was actually snapped.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Bible refers to the eagle, which refers to America, the fourth seal broken, and hell coming to Earth.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Lee’s just about to explain Betty Jo’s absence when those cops that hate him — last seen at Dale’s memorial — scoop him up and deliver him to hell.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
15 Oct. 2025
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Senior Democrats are treating Saturday’s demonstrations as a show of strength and are urging participants to be peaceful amid fears disorder could be used to justify an administration crackdown.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Oct. 2025
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Jake and Claire Juip − who use motorized wheelchairs − have a rare neurodegenerative disorder called Friedreich's ataxia.—
Darcie Moran,
Freep.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Chaos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaos. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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