How to Use instability in a Sentence
instability
noun- Investors are worried about the current instability of the stock market.
- The patient has a history of emotional instability.
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In this region, how much instability will be available is in question.
— Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022 -
Pakistan and India have long fought over the area, which has been wrought with violence and instability for decades.
— Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Oct. 2022 -
Hitting coach instability has been a staple of the Chicago Cubs big-league staff over the last decade.
— Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 9 Nov. 2022 -
Shore says more of the people seeking his group’s help lately have income and jobs, unlike in previous cycles when job losses were the root of housing instability.
— Brian Cheung, NBC News, 3 Nov. 2022 -
But those moves amplify one another and add instability to the global financial system.
— Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 5 Nov. 2022 -
In any case, British instability should not be exaggerated.
— Vernon Bogdanor, WSJ, 27 Oct. 2022 -
Keep in Mind The pods can move in their slots, which creates instability for some plant types.
— Adria Greenhauff, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Apr. 2023 -
And that is causing more instability in the jet streams.
— Dallas News, 21 Dec. 2022 -
Phil Diehl was recognized for his reporting on the instability of the bluffs in Del Mar and the threat to the railroad tracks that pass nearby.
— U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Oct. 2023 -
Amid this stew of instability, Haiti faces a new challenge: Guy Phillippe.
— Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2024 -
This instability has put the bridge’s proponents in the position of having to plead their case over and over again.
— Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 11 Dec. 2023 -
Decades of conflict and instability have left millions of Afghans on the brink of hunger and starvation.
— Bradford Betz, Fox News, 15 Aug. 2024 -
Symptoms may include pain, swelling, or a feeling of instability or that the joint is locked.
— Jonathan Cluett, Md, Verywell Health, 9 Nov. 2023 -
The trick is to place a dense fluid on top of a lighter one to create a classic instability because the heavier liquid will push through the lighter one.
— Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 1 May 2023 -
The Prince estate has been plagued by instability since the singer died in 2016 without leaving behind a will.
— Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 July 2024 -
In the view of Vance, a father of three, children are the antidote to mental instability.
— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2024 -
The cause of the Northern Lights begin 94 million miles away with instabilities in the sun’s magnetic field.
— Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2023 -
Niger was seen as the Sahel’s final bulwark against chaos and instability, the last regime standing.
— Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 8 Aug. 2023 -
The plane's instability caused the left wing to strike a light pole beyond the runway, resulting in significant damage to the wing.
— Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2023 -
Sometimes there’s a slur to her speech and a droop to her lip that suggest infirmity and instability.
— Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2024 -
Still, there is just enough instability to keep a slight risk of isolated showers popping up at any time during the day.
— David Streit, Washington Post, 18 July 2024 -
The plane's instability caused the left wing to strike a light pole beyond the runway, resulting in significant damage to the wing.
— Nour Rahal, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024 -
Now, we have been concerned about the risks of instability for -- for many, many months between Israelis and Palestinians.
— CBS News, 8 Oct. 2023 -
That could spell more instability down the road and raises the question of what happens in the next presidential election.
— Ellen Ioanes, Vox, 8 July 2024 -
In other words, for some, gig work has become shorthand for instability and low wages.
— Kellen Browning, New York Times, 27 May 2023 -
This young woman has shown clear signs of instability in the past (drinking, affairs, jealousy).
— Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023 -
The fentanyl epidemic suggests that maybe things aren’t really so good here—that instability, violence, and suffering are just below the surface, even though unemployment is under four per cent.
— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 26 Nov. 2024 -
Traditionally, poverty and housing instability are considered the top predictors for school absences and Baltimore has both in abundance.
— Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 20 Nov. 2024
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