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Recent Examples of disquisition But, like most legal work, his cases typically turned not on disquisitions about the vision of the Founders but on narrow, technical details. David D. Kirkpatrick, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024 But in a shocking and — given the camera cuts and surprised looks of hosts Craig Melvin, Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb — seemingly unplanned moment, the high-pitched, 3 1/2-year-old Muppet’s segment was interrupted by David, who had apparently had enough of Elmo’s disquisition. Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Feb. 2024 Christian Dannecker began his talk with a convoluted disquisition on deforestation curves, counterfactual modelling, and the limitations of NASA satellite data in assessing dryland deforestation. Heidi Blake, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023 The drama we have been promised collapses into disquisition. Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 2 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for disquisition
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Noun
  • While lawyers for the state agency that oversees the medical board collected records from the hospital under subpoena, including medical reviews that criticized Weiner’s care, that inquiry languished at the staff level, according to one current and one former board member.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 21 Mar. 2025
  • This is due to adding another line of credit, having a hard credit inquiry performed and lowering your average credit account age, all of which influence your credit score.
    Ashley Donohoe, Sacramento Bee, 21 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • No further details are anticipated until the examination results are known.
    Christina Shaw, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • The severity—and seemingly continuous spread—of cases in recent outbreaks has experts calling for a closer examination of the nation’s rates of childhood measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccinations.
    Ripley Cleghorn, Scientific American, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For Sriram, this new venture represents another avenue for creative exploration rather than a pivot away from his other work.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Infinity Natural Resources — Stock in the exploration and production company pulled back almost 3% after its fourth-quarter net income missed analysts’ estimates.
    Brian Evans, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • One study conducted during Covid-19 lockdowns found loneliness was heavily associated with greater depression and thoughts of suicide.
    Kara Alaimo, CNN Money, 31 Mar. 2025
  • According to one study, telemedicine encounters increased 766% in the first three months of the COVID outbreak.
    Felicia Faber, FOXNews.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The research is the result of collaboration between the Maine Department of Marine Resources, the Atlantic White Shark Conservancy, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, and several other organizations.
    Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
  • There were recently some grants canceled that coincided with research that would be done in conjunction with China.
    CBS News, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2025

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“Disquisition.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disquisition. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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