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as in degradation
a sinking to a state of low moral standards and behavior
the wasting of a once promising life in dissipation and drunkenness
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as in dispersion
an act or process in which something scatters or is scattered
the dissipation of the clouds by the early morning winds
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Recent Examples of dissipation
As noted by the excellent Caleb Denison at Digital Trends, the company has also reworked the TV’s cooling system with a new heat dissipation technique that should help keep that four-layer OLED panel in tip-top shape over the long term.
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Chris Welch, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
The beast is in ourselves, and, as Bonello posits, the realization of our desires also involves their dissipation.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
Overextension inevitably leads to frustration and the dissipation of limited resources.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2021
The device also features thermal architecture that works with the Mac mini 2004 using air ducts and a metal casing that maximizes heat dissipation from the SSD and its controller.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Chris Welch, The Verge, 10 Jan. 2025
The beast is in ourselves, and, as Bonello posits, the realization of our desires also involves their dissipation.
—Nicholas Bell, SPIN, 25 Dec. 2024
Overextension inevitably leads to frustration and the dissipation of limited resources.
—Hal Brands, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2021
The device also features thermal architecture that works with the Mac mini 2004 using air ducts and a metal casing that maximizes heat dissipation from the SSD and its controller.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dissipation
Noun
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Overly broad agent objectives introduce performance degradation, making debugging and optimization significantly more challenging.—
Rick Kelly,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Where everything seems more and more about degradation.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
16 Mar. 2025
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That index, constructed by academics, reflects newspaper reports about government policy, expiring tax code provisions and dispersion of economic forecasts.—
Simon Moore,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The chance of a superpower confrontation now seemed remote, and the most urgent threats seemed to come from the dispersion of former Soviet nuclear materials and expertise to other countries or subnational groups.—
Gideon Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Mar. 2025
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But Bondi is also overseeing cuts within her building, including to the Public Integrity Section that takes on corruption cases against public officials, according to multiple media reports and confirmed by a former Justice Department official.—
David Catanese,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2025
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Compassionate Release of Nick Bovis Nick Bovis, a former San Francisco restaurateur, pleaded guilty to Honest Services and Insurance Wire Fraud in a political corruption case.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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This long-standing separation suggests that island arcs and shifting land masses may have once provided a pathway for dispersal, only to later become isolated through geological changes.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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The dispersals are stirring bitter memories of the 1948 war over Israel’s creation, when some 750,000 Palestinians were expelled from or fled their homes in what’s now Israel.—
Julia Frankel,
TIME,
28 Feb. 2025
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The music portion of the long-running Austin, Texas festival got started with a scattering of big and small shows around town as evening fell on March 11.—
Stephen Thomas Erlewine,
Rolling Stone,
12 Mar. 2025
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Mountfield, 62, responded by questioning, with a scattering of expletives, who Fernandes even was.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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“Dissipation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dissipation. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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